phloroglucin

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phloroglucin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Phloroglucin \Phlor`o*glu"cin\, n. [Phloretin + Gr. glyky`s
     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.]
     [1913 Webster]