pearlash

[ purl-ash ]

noun
  1. commercial potassium carbonate.

Origin of pearlash

1
First recorded in 1720–30; pearl + ash1

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British Dictionary definitions for pearl ash

pearl ash

noun
  1. the granular crystalline form of potassium carbonate

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