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Definition of Cyprine
1. a. Of or pertaining to the cypress.
2. a. Cyprinoid.
Definition of Cyprine
1. Adjective. (botany) Of or pertaining to the cypress. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cyprine
1. relating to carp [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyprine
Literary usage of Cyprine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Homonyms: Pronouncing and Explanatory by A. F. Inglott Bey (1899)
"cyprine, n, si'prin. A kind of carp. Un pesce délia specie del carpo í carpione.
... cyprine ..."
2. Practical Mineralogy; Or, A Compendium of the Distinguishing Characters of by Edward John Chapman (1843)
"3-0—3-4, usually about 3-3 ; C. brown, green, yellowish, black, blue (cyprine) ; L.
vitreo-resinous, feeble internally. It occurs massive, and crystallized ..."
3. A System of Mineralogy: Comprising the Most Recent Discoveries: Including by James Dwight Dana (1854)
"cyprine in the reduction flame affords a red pearl from the copper present. ...
Crystals of a blue tint, called cyprine, come from near ..."
4. The Use of the Blowpipe in Chemical Analysis, and in the Examination of Minerals by Jöns Jakob Berzelius, John George Children (1822)
"In the reducing flame it becomes colourless, and, if not sufficiently saturated
with cyprine, the effect of the copper cannot be developed without the ..."
5. An Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy by William Phillips, Henry James Brooke, William Hallows Miller (1852)
"... in Norway (cyprine) contains some oxide of copper. In attached and imbedded
crystals and columnar masses. Is found on Monte Somma in blocks of dolomite, ..."
6. An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy: Comprising an Introduction to the Science by William Phillips, Robert Allan, Francis Alger (1844)
"cyprine. The mineral from the last-named locality has been usually regarded as
a variety of idocrase, and described under the name of ..."
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