"cyanic" meaning in English

See cyanic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /saɪˈænɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cyanic.wav [US] Forms: more cyanic [comparative], most cyanic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ænɪk Etymology: Etymology tree English cyan Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English cyanic From cyan + -ic. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cyan|-ic|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English cyan Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English cyanic [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ic", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ikos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ikos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-icus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ique", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ik", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cyanic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="cyanic"> From cyan + -ic. Head templates: {{en-adj}} cyanic (comparative more cyanic, superlative most cyanic)
  1. (chemistry) Of cyanogen or its derivatives
    Sense id: en-cyanic-en-adj-GzsOiDpf Categories (other): Chemistry, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 38 16 46 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 9 45 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. azure-blue
    Sense id: en-cyanic-en-adj-sNXiul06 Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 38 16 46
  3. (botany, of a flower) Containing an anthocyanin
    Sense id: en-cyanic-en-adj-hXUKwawi Categories (other): Botany, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 38 16 46 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 37 17 46 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 37 17 46 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 9 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 24 34 42 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 35 13 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 8 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 6 55 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 28 12 60 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cyanate, cyanic acid, hydrocyanic, hydroferricyanic, isocyanic, thiocyanic
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    },
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      "word": "cyanic acid"
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    },
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      "word": "hydroferricyanic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "isocyanic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
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    "Rhymes:English/ænɪk",
    "Rhymes:English/ænɪk/3 syllables"
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      "word": "cyanate"
    },
    {
      "word": "cyanic acid"
    },
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      "word": "hydrocyanic"
    },
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      "word": "hydroferricyanic"
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