pineal
(adjective) having the form of a pine cone
pineal
(adjective) relating to the pineal body; “pineal hormone”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pineal (comparative more pineal, superlative most pineal)
In the shape of a pine cone.
Pertaining to the pineal gland.
pineal (plural pineals)
The pineal gland.
• Alpine, Lapine, Nepali, alpine, apelin, penial, plaine
Source: Wiktionary
Pi"ne*al, a. Etym: [L. pinea the cone of a pine, from pineus of the pine, from pinus a pine: cf. F. pinéale.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone. Pineal gland (Anat.), a glandlike body in the roof of the third ventricle of the vertebrate brain; -- called also pineal body, epiphysis, conarium. In some animals it is connected with a rudimentary eye, the so-called pineal eye, and in other animals it is supposed to be the remnant of a dorsal median eye.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
