potassa en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch potasch (“potash”). Doublet of potash.
Meanings
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(obsolete, uncountable) The chemical compound potassium hydroxide.
Liebich […] has investigated the action of potassa upon tannocaffeic acid.
1852, Justus von Liebig, Annual Report of the Progress of Chemistry and the Allied Sciences, page 221: