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An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree.

Gramineous.

Heterogeneous.

Homogeneous.

Homogeneousness.

Of or pertaining to marriage; as, hymeneal rites. Pope.

Contained between lines; written or inserted between lines already written or printed; containing interlineations; as, an interlinear manuscript, translation, etc. -- In`ter*lin"e*ar*ly, adv.

e from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant. The prime and ancient right of lineal succession. Locke.

The quality of being linea

In a lineal manner; as, the prince is lineally descended from the Conqueror.

Containing, or consisting of, lines of different kinds, as straight, curved, and the like; as, a mixtilinear angle, that is, an angle contained by a straight line and a curve. [R.]

Having many lines. Steevens.

Of or pertaining to the pecten.

Of or pertaining to the perineum.

Of or pertaining to the peritoneum.

Of or pertaining to the fibula; in the region of the fibula.

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 suppos…

Of or pertaining to the pleural and peritoneal membranes or cavities, or to the pleuroperitoneum.

Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*al*ly, adv. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*ar*ly, adv.

Consisting of stamens or threads.