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phloroglucin
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phloroglucin, n. [Phloretin + Gr. sweet.].
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]
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