PHLOROGLUCIN
\flˈɔːɹəɡlˌuːsɪn], \flˈɔːɹəɡlˌuːsɪn], \f_l_ˈɔː_ɹ_ə_ɡ_l_ˌuː_s_ɪ_n]\
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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.]
By Oddity Software
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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.]
By Noah Webster.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Syn.: phloroglucinol, phloroglucol. Symmetrical trihydroxybenzene, C6H3 (OH3). + 2H2O, isomeric with pyrogallic acid; used for the identification of pentose in the urine.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe