cyanine
English
Etymology
From
cyan
+
-ine
.
Noun
cyanine
(
plural
cyanines
)
Any of a family of
synthetic
polymethine
blue
dyes
used in
photography
etc.
Derived terms
cryptocyanine
hemicyanine
hemocyanine
hydrocyanine
indocyanine
merocyanine
neocyanine
phthalocyanine
Related terms
cyanin