green soap

green soap
green soap n a soft soap made from vegetable oils and used esp. in the treatment of skin diseases

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[USP] a soap made by the saponification of vegetable oils, excluding coconut oil and palm kernel oil, without the removal of glycerin, the alkali being potassium hydroxide. It is the chief ingredient of green soap tincture (q.v.). Called also medicinal soft s. and soft s.

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