adj. shaped like a pine cone. pineal body (or gland) a pea-sized conical mass of tissue behind the third ventricle of the brain, secreting a hormone-like substance in some mammals.
[ F pinéal f. L pinea pine cone: see PINE(1) ]
PINEAL
Meaning of PINEAL in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012