Capable of producing or containing cyanide or cyanogen compounds, especially as a natural defense mechanism in plants.
From cyano- + -genic (producing). Greek cyanos (blue) combined with genic (producing), literally meaning 'producing blue compounds.'
Almonds, apple seeds, and peach pits are all cyanogenic—they contain amygdalin which converts to cyanide when digested, but you'd need to eat kilos to get poisoned, so don't panic about that cherry pie.
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