    the meaning is soft, silver-white, highly or explosively reactive metallic element that occurs in nature only in compounds. It is obtained by electrolysis of its â¦ common hydroxide and found in, or converted to, a wide variety of salts used especially in fertilizers and soaps. pottasium got its name from the latin word potash as potassium was first isolated from potash. Potash is an impure form of potassium.
For the adjacent town, see Cottage Grove (town), Wisconsin. Cottage Grove is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 6,248 at the 2010 census. A suburb of Madison, it shares a school district with Monona. The village is located within the Town of Cottage Grove.
The population density in Cottage Grove is 1471% higher than Minnesota. The median age in Cottage Grove is 7% lower than Minnesota. In Cottage Grove 85.98% of the population is Caucasian. In Cottage Grove 2.99% of the population is African American. In Cottage Grove 6.33% of the population is Asian.