potassium
po·tas·si·um
noun, often attributive \pə-ˈta-sē-əm\Definition of POTASSIUM
: a silver-white soft light low-melting monovalent metallic element of the alkali metal group that occurs abundantly in nature especially combined in minerals — see element table
Origin of POTASSIUM
New Latin, from potassa potash, from English potash
First Known Use: circa 1807
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