port-wine stain
[ pawrt-wahyn, pohrt- ]
noun
a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck.
Origin of port-wine stain
1First recorded in 1885–90
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How to use port-wine stain in a sentence
Its head and neck, throat and shoulders, are the colour of a faded port-wine stain.
Indian Birds | Douglas DewarIt is then comparatively inconspicuous, its neck and wing coverts being the hue of a faded port-wine stain.
Birds of the Plains | Douglas Dewar
British Dictionary definitions for port wine stain
port wine stain
noun
a type of haemangioma, seen as a purplish birthmark, often large and on the face or neck
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