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adj
Of or pertaining to the cypress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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adj
Of or pertaining to the carp.
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
A variety of tourmaline that contains copper, which gives it a unique blue color, also called cuprian elbaite.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A fish from the taxonomic family Cyprinidae.
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noun
Vaginal secretions that result from sexual arousal.
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History
Etymology tree English cypress Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English cyprine From cypress + -ine.
Etymology tree Latin cyprīnus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English cyprine From Latin cyprīnus (“a species of carp”) + English -ine.
Etymology tree Latin cyprium Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English cyprine From Latin cyprium (“copper”) + English -ine.
Ultimately from Ancient Greek κύπρις (kúpris, “an epithet of Aphrodite”) + -ine.
