What is "cyanin"

Cyanin \Cy"a*nin\ (s?"?-n?n), n. [See Cyanic.] (Chem.) The blue coloring matter of flowers; -- called also anthokyan and anthocyanin.

n. (alternative form of cyanine English)

Cyanin may refer to:

• Cyanine, a non-systematic name of a synthetic dye family belonging to polymethine group
• Cyanin (anthocyanin) (Cyanidin-3,5-O-diglucoside), a diglucoside of the anthocyanidin cyanidin