cyanochroic (si"anokroik)

[ [ cyanochroia cyan ochrous (si-a-nok'rus), a. + -ous.] Same as cyanochroic. Cyanocitta (sī"a-nō-sit'ä), n. [NL. (Strick land, 1845), IMG:content-1900.jpg:[graphic] Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata). IMG:content-1901.png:[blocks in formation] cyanometer (sī-a-nom'e-ter), n. [ κύανος , dark-blue, + μέτρον , a measure.] A meteorologi- cal instrument contrived by Sau ure for est i- mating or measuring degrees of bluene , as in the sky. It consists of a band of pasteboard divided into fifty-one numbered compartments, each of which is painted of a different shade of blue, beginning at one end with the deepest shade, formed by a mixture of black, and ending with the faintest, formed by a mixture of white. The hue of the object is measured by its correspondence with one of these shades. cyano me try (sī-a-nom'e-tri), n. [As cyano me- ter + -y.] The measurement of intensity of blue light, light, especially of the blue of the esky: sky: as, "cyano me try and polarization of sky-light," Encyc. Encyc. Brit., Brit ., XVIII. 481. cyanopathy (si-a-nop'a-thi), n. [ cyanurate (si-a-nūrāt), n. [ Cyanuret (si-an'ū-ret), n. [ cyan ( ogen ) + -uret.] A basic compound of cyanogen and some other element or compound; a cyanide. cyanuric (si-a-nū'rik), a. [ ogen ) + uric.] In chem ., used only of an acid (C3H3N3 O3), the product of the decomposition of the solid cyanogen chlorid by water, of the soluble cyanates by dilute acids, of urea by heat, of uric acid by destructive distillation, etc. It is colorle , inodorous, and has a slight taste. It is a tricyathophylline (sia-tho-fil'in), a . Of or re- basic acid, and its salts are termed cyanurates. 1831), κύανος , dark-blue, + οὐρά , tail.] Α Cyanurus (si-a-nū rus), n. [NL. (Swains on, genus of American blue jays. The common crested blue jay is often called C. cristatus. See Cyanocitta. Also Cyanura . cyar (si'är), n. [NL., κύαρ , a hole.] The internal auditory meatus. ily Cyathaxoniida . Michel in , 1846. Cyathaxoniide (si-a-thak-soō-ni'i-dē), n. pl . [NL., Turbinolidæ , and comprise the only extant rugose corals. Cyathea (si-ath'e-ä), n. [NL., κύαθος , α cup, κυέειν , κύειν , contain.] A genus of arbo- rescent ferns, order Polypod i ace a . It is charac- terized by having the spores, which are borne on the back of the frond, inclosed in a cup-shaped indusium. There are many species scattered over the tropical regions of the world. Some have short stems, but in others they reach a height of 40 or 50 feet. The stems are crowned with a beautiful head of large fronds. C. medullar is , a fine bi- pinnated or tri pinnated species of New Zealand and the Pacific islands, and known in gardens as a noble tree-fern of comparatively hardy character, furnishes in its native country a common article of food. The part eaten is the soft, pulpy, medullary substance which occupies the cen- ter of the trunk, and which has some resemblance to sago. Several species are cultivated in greenhouses for decor a- tive purposes. (si-ath-e-a's hi us), [ Cyathea IMG:content-1902.png:[graphic][merged small][subsumed][subsumed][ocr errors][subsumed][ocr errors][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][ocr errors][subsumed] Gr. κύανος , da dark-blue, + φύκος , seaweed: see Fu- of the genus Cyathea . cus.] A name fre ly used for Cryptophycea. cyathi, n. Plural of cyathus . cyanophyl, cyanophyll (si-an'ō-fil), n. [ cyathium . cup, + form a , shape.] In the form of a cup or drinking-gla a little widened at the top. In bot ., applied to cup-shaped organs, as to the circular crown of the flower of Narcis- sus ; also to cup-shaped organs in lower cryptogams. In entom ., applied to joints of the antennæ, etc., when they are more or le obconical, and hollowed at the ends. cyathium (si-ath'i-um), n.; pl. cyathia (-a). [NL., bot ., a name occa- sionally given to the peculiar monœcio us in- florescence of Euphorbia , consisting of a cup- like involucre inclosing several naked male flowers, each consisting of a single stamen, and a single naked pistillate flower. Cyathocrinidæ (sia-tho-krin'i-dē), n . pl . [NL., -ida .] A family of crinoids, exemplified by the genus Cyathocrinus. It embraces fistula to us crinoids with a dicyclic base, glo- bose calyx, radials with horseshoe-like lateral facets, sup- porting at least two brachials, but frequently several more, and the arms have no true pinnules, but branches in regu- lar succe ion to their tips. The species lived in the Paleozoic seas. IMG:content-1903.jpg:[graphic] vase with a long handle, used es- pecially for dip- ping, as for tak- ing wine from the crater to pour into the oinochoë or di- rectly into the cup. It was of- ten made in the form of a ladle. -2. An ancient Black-figured Cyathus. cyathocrinite (sī-a-thok'ri-nīt), n . [ cya- tho crinites, κύαθος , a cup, + κρίνον , a lily, + -ites .] A crinoid of the family Cyathocrinida . Cyathocrinus (si-a-thok'ri-nus), n. [NL., ori- ginally Cyathocrinites: see cyathocrinite.] A genus of fo il crinoids or encrinites, ranging from the Silurian to the Permian, sometimes made type of a family Cyathocrinida . cyathoid (sī'a-thoid), a. [ κύαθος , & cup, ical or cup-shaped organ or cavity, as one of the + εἶδος, form.] Cup-shaped; cyathiform. cyatholith (si-ath'o-lith), n . cup, + λίθος , stone.] A form of coccolith. When viewed sideways or obliquely, however, the cy- atholiths are found to have a form somewhat resembling that of a shirt-stud. W. B. Carpenter , Micros., § 409. Cyathophyllidæ (sī"a-thō-fil'i-dē), n . pl . [NL., Rugosa or Tetra- coralla , having symmetrically arranged septa liquid measure, equivalent to of a xestes, or of a cotyle. It is usually taken as 4.56 cubic centimeters. As a weight, it was 14 ounces, but is often taken loosely as 1 ounce. Cybele