phloroglucin

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for phloroglucin

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phloroglucin : ප්ලෝරොග්ලුසින්

phloroglucin definition

Noun. 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.]