Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cyanine_dye

1 sense of cyanine dye

Sense 1
cyanine dye -- (any of a class of dyes containing a -CH= group linking two heterocyclic rings containing nitrogen; used as sensitizers in photography)
       => dye, dyestuff -- (a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair)