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Phloroglucin
Phlorˊo-glu′cin
,Noun.
[
Phlor
etin + Gr. γλυκύσ
sweet.] (Chem.)
A sweet white crystalline substance, metameric with pyrogallol, and obtained by the decomposition of phloretin, and from certain gums, as catechu, kino, etc. It belongs to the class of phenols. [Called also
phloroglucinol
.] Definition 2024
phloroglucin
phloroglucin
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Noun
phloroglucin (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) A white crystalline phenol, metameric with pyrogallol, obtained by the decomposition of phloretin and from certain gums.
Derived terms
- nitrophloroglucin