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phloroglucinol

[ flawr-uh-gloo-suh-nawl, -nol, flor- ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a white to yellow, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 6 H 3 (OH) 3 ⋅2H 2 O, used chiefly in analytical chemistry and in the preparation of pharmaceuticals.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of phloroglucinol1

First recorded in 1875–80; phlor(izin) + -o- + gluc- + -in 2 + -ol 1
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Example Sentences

Furthermore, fisetin should give protocatechuic acid and phloroglucinol by fusion with caustic potash under proper conditions.

Councler substitutes phloroglucinol for pyrogallol, with the advantage of doing away with the digestion at high temperature.

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