\Sul`pho*cy"a*nate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of sulphocyanic acid; -- also called {thiocyanate},
and formerly inaccurately {sulphocyanide}.
{Ferric sulphocyanate} (Chem.), a dark red crystalline
   substance usually obtained in a blood-red solution, and
   recognized as a test for ferric iron.