noun Phloroglucin n. (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.)
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
Copyright © 2024 e-Free Translation.com
|