Definitions for phlorizin

phlorizin phlor·i·zin

Spelling: [flawr-uh-zin, flor-, fluh- Phlorizin is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 167 anagrams from letters in phlorizin (hiilnoprz).

Definitions for phlorizin

noun

  1. a bitter, crystalline glucoside, C 21 H 24 O 10 , obtained from the root bark of the apple, pear, cherry, etc.: formerly used as a tonic and in the treatment of malaria; now used chiefly in biochemical research.

Origin of phlorizin

1830-40; Greek phló(os) bark (variant of phloiós) + rhíz(a) root1 + -in2

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