cyprine adjective 2noun 3forms 3 adjective2 •Of or pertaining to the cypress.Cyprine oil was made from the tree called cyprus in Egypt, according to Pliny. — 1756 •Of or pertaining to the carp. noun3 •A fish from the taxonomic family Cyprinidae.The mountain streams and upper reaches of the rivers are rich in trout, grayling and salmon, while the rivers of the plains abound in cyprine fish such as minnows, carp, huck, etc. — 1966 •Vaginal secretions that result from sexual arousal.Older women who no longer menstruate, excited by the younger women's caresses, secrete enough cyprine to paint their bodies. — 1977 •A variety of tourmaline that contains copper, which gives it a unique blue color, also called cuprian elbaite.The fibrous copper-bearing variety cyprine was first observed by the author in 1905 in a small dump of unknown origin at the mouth of the Parker shaft. — 1935 formscyprines · more cyprine · most cyprine
