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}.]
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