Hyperaccumulators are able to grow in contaminated soil and remove large amounts of toxic metals from the enviroment. The plants themself can later even be used to extract said toxic metals like quicksilver or lead.
TIL quicksilver is another term for mercury
Tbh i just like quicksilver more because it is phonetically near the german word for it Quecksilber. I am aware that quicksilver is archaic but i kinda just dont care
I’m just surprised I’d never heard it before. In the same vein, I prefer to use natrium over sodium.
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Where is that word from?!
If you meant natrium, it’s neo-Latin from the German ‘Natron’
Quicksilver? English Quecksilber is german Both come afaik from the greek/latin word for it (Hydrargyros/hydrargyrum)
Tobacco and cannabis are both bio-accumulators, so it’s important to smoke properly grown bud.
quicksilver
You mean mercury?
Still called quicksilver in some English speaking spots.
I believe they were referring to one of the Maximoff twins.
