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Definition of "cyanea" []

  • The typical genus of the family Cyaneidæ. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "cyanea" in a sentence
  • "Not shown because it has not been decided where they should go but also purchased while traveling are Cuphea cyanea ‘Jamaica Sun’, Persicaria capitata, and firecracker plant, Russelia equisetiformis."
  • "(Arrenga cyanea and Myophonus flavirostris), the fine pink-headed dove (Ptilonopus porphyreus), three broad-tailed ground pigeons"
  • "In three centuries the delicate plant Aganisia cyanea, originally named for the lover of Apollo, the Greek nymph Acacallis, had been found in the wild by only four explorers."