| pinealopathy | Disease of the pineal gland. Origin: pineal + G. Pathos, disease (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pineapple | <botany> A tropical plant (Ananassa sativa); also, its fruit; so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown, though conjectured to be American. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pinedrops | <botany> A reddish herb (Pterospora andromedea) of the United States, found parasitic on the roots of pine trees. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pinefinch | <zoology> A small American bird (Spinus, or Chrysomitris, spinus). Synonym: pine siskin, and American siskin. The pine grosbeak. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Pinel's system | The abolition of forcible restraint in the treatment of the mental hospital patient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pinel, Philippe | <person> French psychiatrist, 1745-1826. See: Pinel's system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pinenchyma | <botany> Tabular parenchyma, a form of cellular tissue in which the cells are broad and flat, as in some kinds of epidermis. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A tablet + -enchyma, as in parenchyma. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pineoblastoma | A type of brain tumour. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pineocytoma | A type of brain tumour. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pinesap | <botany> A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa (M. Hypopitys), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pinetum | A plantation of pine trees; especially, a collection of living pine trees made for ornamental or scientific purposes. Origin: L, a pine grove. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pineweed | <botany> A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (Hypericum Sarothra), common in sandy soil in the Eastern United States. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| piney | A term used in designating an East Indian tree (the Vateria Indica or piney tree, of the order Dipterocarpeae, which grows in Malabar, etc) or its products. Piney dammar, Piney resin, Piney varnish, a pellucid, fragrant, acrid, bitter resin, which exudes from the piney tree (Vateria Indica) when wounded. It is used as a varnish, in making candles, and as a substitute for incense and for amber. Called also liquid copal, and white dammar. Piney tallow, a solid fatty substance, resembling tallow, obtained from the roasted seeds of the Vateria Indica; called also dupada oil. <botany> Piney thistle, a plant (Atractylis gummifera), from the bark of which, when wounded, a gummy substance exudes. Origin: Of East Indian origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pinfeather | A feather not fully developed; especially, a rudimentary feather just emerging through the skin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pinfish | <zoology> The sailor's choice (Diplodus, or Lagodon, rhomboides). The salt-water bream (Diplodus Holbrooki). Both are excellent food fishes, common on the coast of the United States south of Cape Hatteras. The name is also applied to other allied species. Origin: So called from their sharp dorsal spines. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |