green soap

noun

1. a soap made chiefly from potassium hydroxide and linseed oil, used in treating some skin diseases.

green soap

noun

1. med a soft or liquid alkaline soap made from vegetable oils, used in treating certain chronic skin diseases Also calledsoft soap

Word History and Origins

Origin of green soap¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

The two women in the tableau, he added, were “almost exactly the same color as dark green soap.”

From Washington Post

He shows me into a small bathroom where there's a bar of green soap.

From Literature

High-Tech produced a bar of green soap and lathered Ugwu’s head and shaved it with a razor blade until it was smooth and soft to the touch.

From Literature

They sat down among some bristly green soap plants.

From Literature

Clean off the tattoo with a green soap and a slightly wet paper towel, then spread a salve over it.

From New York Times