soda ash

noun

Etymology

So called because formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain other plants, such as saltwort, especially Soda inermis (syns. Salsola soda, Kali soda).

Definitions

  1. Industrial-grade sodium carbonate.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for soda ash. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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