cyanic

[ sahy-an-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

blue: applied especially to a series of colors in flowers, including the blues and colors tending toward blue.
Chemistry. containing or pertaining to the cyano group.

Origin of cyanic¹

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

A mixture of cyanic and cyanuric ethers passes over into the receiver.

The type of the cyanic series is blue, and that of the xanthic series yellow.

Two equivalents of Cyanic acid, uniting in one compound, produce Fulminic acid.

Sayre also suggests the possibility of the plants producing hydro-cyanic acid, which, it is well known, occurs in sorghum.

The doctor looked grave when Mr. Skeats told him the boys had been breathing hydro-cyanic acid gas.

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