1. Pertaining to, or containing, cyanogen.
2. Of or pertaining to a blue color. Cyanic acid (Chem.), an acid, HOCN, derived from cyanogen, well known in its salts, but never isolated in the free state. — Cyanic colors (Bot.), those colors (of flowers) having some tinge of blue; — opposed to xanthic colors. A color of either series may pass into red or white, but not into the opposing color. Red and pure white are more common among flowers of cyanic tendency than in those of the other class.
CYANIDE
Cy"a*nide (s"-nd or -nd; 104), n. Etym: [Cf. F. cyanide. See Cyanic.]
(Chem.)
Defn: A compound formed by the union of cyanogen with an element or radical.
CYANIN
Cy"a*nin (s"-nn), n. Etym: [See Cyanic.] (Chem.)
Defn: The blue coloring matter of flowers; — called also anthokyan and anthocyanin.
CYANINE
Cy"a*nine (s"-nn or -nn; 104), n. (Chem.)
Defn: One of a series of artificial blue or red dyes obtained from quinoline and lepidine and used in calico printing.
CYANITE
Cy"a*nite (-nt), n. Etym: [See Cyanic.] (Min.)
Defn: A mineral occuring in thin-bladed crystals and crystalline aggregates, of a sky-blue color. It is a silicate of aluminium. [Written also kyanite.]