(ˌsaɪənəʊˈdʒɛnɪk) or cyanogenetic (ˌsaɪənəʊdʒɪˈnɛtɪk)
adjective
chemistry
having the capability to generate or produce cyanide
cyanogenic in American English
(ˌsaiənouˈdʒenɪk, saiˌænə-)
adjective
Biology & Chemistry
capable of producing hydrogen cyanide
Also: cyanogenetic (ˌsaiənoudʒəˈnetɪk, saiˌænou-)
Derived forms
cyanogenesis
noun
Word origin
[cyanogen + -ic]-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'cyanogenic' in a sentence
cyanogenic
It also contains cyanogenic glycosides, which stimulate the immune system.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The plant needed to be soaked in water for days to purge it of toxic cyanogenic glycosides.