зелёнка

nounfeminineinanimateuncountablerarecolloquial

1.
brilliant green, antiseptic solutionmedicine
Ма́ма пома́зала цара́пину зелёнкой.
Mum dabbed the scratch with brilliant green.
The standard household antiseptic in Russia, comparable in familiarity to TCP or Dettol in the UK; leaves a bright green stain.
2.
(rare) greenery, undergrowth, green covermilitary
Боевики́ скры́лись в зелёнке.
The fighters vanished into the undergrowth.
Colloquial, often military: vegetation used as cover.
3.
(rare) green fodder, green feedagriculture
Пе́рвый уко́с многоле́тних трав испо́льзовали для зелёнки.
The first cut of the perennial grasses was used for green fodder.

Examples

У ребёнка на лице пятна от зелёнки.
The child has brilliant green stains on their face.
Мама помазала рану зелёнкой.
Mum treated the wound with brilliant green.
Мама помазала мне рану зелёнкой
Mom put antiseptic on my wound.
В аптечке всегда есть пузырёк зелёнки.
There is always a little bottle of brilliant green in the first-aid kit.
Ребёнок, помазавшийся зелёнкой, весело смеялся.
The child, having smeared himself with antiseptic green, laughed happily.

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зелену́шкаEuropean greenfinch; green wrasse; green-cracked russula (Russula virescens)