CYANIC

Etymology

Adjective

cyanic (comparative more cyanic, superlative most cyanic)

(chemistry) Of cyanogen or its derivatives

azure-blue

(botany, of a flower) Containing an anthocyanin

Antonyms

• (botany): acyanic

Source: Wiktionary

Cy*an"ic (s-n"k), a. Etym: [Gr. cyanique. Cf. Kyanite.]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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