a. [ Gr. ky`anos a dark blue substance: cf. F. cyanique. Cf. Kyanite. ] 1. Pertaining to, or containing, cyanogen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to a blue color. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cyanide. See Cyanic. ] (Chem.) A compound formed by the union of cyanogen with an element or radical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cyanic. ] (Chem.) The blue coloring matter of flowers; -- called also anthokyan and anthocyanin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) One of a series of artificial blue or red dyes obtained from quinoline and lepidine and used in calico printing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cyanic. ] (Min.) A mineral occuring in thin-bladed crystals and crystalline aggregates, of a sky-blue color. It is a silicate of aluminium. [ Written also kyanite. ] [ 1913 Webster ]