cyanic

American  

[sahy-an-ik] / saɪˈæn ɪk /

adjective

1. blue: applied especially to a series of colors in flowers, including the blues and colors tending toward blue.

2. Chemistry. containing or pertaining to the cyano group.

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Etymology

Origin of cyanic

First recorded in 1825–35; cyan- ¹ + -ic

Example Sentences

The first, which included the yellow, was called the Xanthic; the second, which omitted the yellow, the Cyanic.

From Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton)

Cyanic, flowers with all shades of blue and red without yellow, 45.

From Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton)