indiglucin Chem.
(ɪndɪˈgluːsɪn)
[f. indi- + Gr. γλυκ-ύς sweet + -in.]
A light yellow sweet compound or ‘sugar’, C6H10O6, one of the constituents of indican.
| 1865–72 Watts Dict. Chem. III. 250 Schunck has further shown that woad contains indican,..which,..when boiled with acids, splits up into indigo-blue and indiglucin. |