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(pin′ē əl)

adjective

shaped like a pine cone
of the pineal body

Origin: Fr pinéal < L pinea, pine cone < pinus, pine

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adjective

Having the form of a pine cone.
Of or relating to the pineal body.

Origin:

Origin: French pinéal

Origin: , from Latin pīnea, pine cone

Origin: , from feminine of pīneus, of pine

Origin: , from pīnus, pine tree; see peiə- in Indo-European roots

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