Cy*an"ic (s?-?n"?k), a. [Gr.
ky`anos a dark blue substance: cf. F. 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.