Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phloroglucinol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phloroglu-ci-nol
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A poisonous trihydroxy phenol, 1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene, C₆H₃(OH)₃, used as a bone decalcifying agent.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

phloroglucinols (plural)

Derived Forms

phlorotannin polyphloroglucinol

Phrases

pyrogallol 1 3-trihydroxybenzene hydroxyquinol 1 4-trihydroxybenzene

Frequently Paired Words

pyrogallol 1 2 3-trihydroxybenzene hydroxyquinol 1 4-trihydroxybenzene

Questions

What does phloroglucinol mean?: A poisonous trihydroxy phenol, 1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene, C₆H₃(OH)₃, used as a bone decalcifying agent.

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