Noun cyanide has 2 senses
  1. nitrile, nitril, cyanide - any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN
    --1 is a kind of organic compound
    --1 has particulars: propenonitrile, acrylonitrile, vinyl cyanide
  2. cyanide - an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid
    --2 is a kind of
    salt
    --2 has particulars: sodium cyanide; potassium cyanide
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