cyprine
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5ADJ.
enough, fibrous, known, observed, optical, so-called
VERB + CYPRINE
abound, secrete, shape
CYPRINE + NOUN
spectrum
PREP.
in
ADV.
such
Definitions
adj
Of or pertaining to the cypress.
Cyprine oil was made from the tree called cyprus in Egypt, according to Pliny.
noun
A variety of tourmaline that contains copper, which gives it a unique blue color, also called cuprian elbaite.
The fibrous copper-bearing variety cyprine was first observed by the author in 1905 in a small dump of unknown origin at the mouth of the Parker shaft.
A bright blue variety of idocrase is known as cyprine and is so-called after Cyprus, which was the ancient source copper.
adj
Of or pertaining to the carp.
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6Cyprine oil was made from the tree called cyprus in Egypt, according to Pliny.
WiktionaryThe fibrous copper-bearing variety cyprine was first observed by the author in 1905 in a small dump of unknown origin at the mouth of the Parker shaft.
WiktionaryA bright blue variety of idocrase is known as cyprine and is so-called after Cyprus, which was the ancient source copper.
WiktionaryThe shape of the "cyprine" optical spectrum is typical of minerals containing Cu²⁺ ions (Platonov, 1976).
WiktionaryThe mountain streams and upper reaches of the rivers are rich in trout, grayling and salmon, while the rivers of the plains abound in cyprine fish such as minnows, carp, huck, etc.
WiktionaryIt contains xenocypridines (Xenocypris), cultrines (Culter and Hemiculterella), cyprines (Cyprinus and Carassius), hypophthalmichthines (Hypophthalmichthys), leuciscines (Leuciscus, Mylopharyngodon, a
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