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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], bark +

ῥίζα

root.]

(Chem.)

A bitter white crystalline glucoside extracted from the root bark of the apple, pear, cherry, plum, etc.

[Formerly also written

phloridzin

phlorizin

a bitter, crystalline glucoside of phloretin from the root-bark of apple, pear, cherry, etc.