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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[From Phlorizin.]

(Chem.)

A bitter white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phlorizin, and formerly used to some extent as a substitute for quinine.

phloretin ‎(uncountable)

The phloroglucin ester of paraoxyhydratropic acid, found in the leaves of apple trees.