1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Phloroglucin \Phlor`o*glu"cin\, n. [Phloretin + Gr. glyky`s 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}.] [1913 Webster]
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