Phlor`o*glu"cin (?), n.
[Phloretin + Gr. ? 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.]