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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Phloretin

· Phlor·e·tin · IPA
01 n. A bitter white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phlorizin, and formerly used to some extent as a substitute for quinine.
  1. 1.
    A bitter white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phlorizin, and formerly used to some extent as a substitute for quinine.(Chem.)