Category:Phloroglucin

Phlor`o*glu"cin, n. Etym: [phloretin + gr. (chem.)

Defn: 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.]