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pineal
1. Piniform; shaped like a pine cone.
2. Pertaining to the corpus pineale (pineal gland).
2. Pertaining to the corpus pineale (pineal gland).
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(Latin: pine tree, relating to the pine; shaped like a cone)
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pineal gland
A small cone-shaped organ of the brain that secretes the hormone melatonin into the bloodstream. It is one of the endocrine glands and is situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum (the thick band of nerve fibers that connects the two hemispheres of the brain in higher mammals and allows the hemispheres to communicate).