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pinealis

pinealis [CL pinea+-alis] 1 of a pine-tree; b (pomulus ~is, in quot. representation of) fruit of a pine-tree, pine-cone. tertia [resina] est ~is et hec nunc est liquida, nunc dura invenitur Bart. Angl. XVII 139.  b 1245 tunica ‥ de panno serico ‥ cum avibus et pomulis croceis ~ibus Invent. S. Paul. 486. 2 shaped like a pine-cone, conical. b (med., glandula ~is) pineal gland. cor ‥ fuit ‥ in forma ~eum vel pireum [Trevisa: ischape as a toppe] Bart. Angl. V 36; est [sc. cor] ‥ figure ~is, ut forma caloris attestetur effectui Alf. Angl. Cor 4. 3; ignis non habet figuram naturalem, maxime figuram ~em Fishacre Quaest. 52.  b consimile juvamentum est glandule ~is subposite cerebro propter quod reflet intus stricta venarum vel intersticia venarum transeuntium ad diversas partes cerebri Ps.-Ric. Anat. 9.

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