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单词 cyprine
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cyprinen.

/ˈsɪprʌɪn/
Etymology: modern < Latin cyprius of copper n.1
Mineralogy.
A blue variety of vesuvianite n. supposed to contain copper.
ΚΠ
1823 W. Phillips Elem. Introd. Mineral. (ed. 3) 262 Cyprine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

cyprineadj.1

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin cyprinus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin cyprinus (of oil) from the cypress tree (14th cent. in a British glossarial source), misunderstanding (after post-classical Latin cypressus cypress n.1) of cyprinus (of oil) from the henna plant (a636 in Isidore) < Hellenistic Greek κύπρινος (of oil) from the henna plant < κύπρος the henna plant (see cypre n.) + -ινος -ine suffix2.Compare classical Latin cyprinum (Pliny), Hellenistic Greek κύπρινον, both denoting oil of henna.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
In Ash 1775 and modern dictionaries.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cyprine..of or belonging to the Cypress-Tree.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

cyprineadj.2

/ˈsɪprʌɪn//ˈsɪprɪn/
Etymology: < Latin cyprīnus, < Greek κυπρῖνος carp.
Ichthyology.
Belonging to the carp genus Cyprīnus, or the carp family, Cyprinidæ.
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1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. ; whence in mod. Dicts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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