strawberry mark

American  

noun

1. a small, reddish, slightly raised birthmark.

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strawberry mark British  

noun

1. Also called: strawberry.  Technical name: haemangioma simplex.  a soft raised swelling on the skin, often red, appearing in the weeks after birth. Most will shrink and disappear without treatment

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Etymology

Origin of strawberry mark

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

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strawberry mark

Another mole the size of a farthing on her thigh and something purplish on her calf—a strawberry mark, a scar.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

He had a strawberry mark on his forehead.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

The bartender touched the strawberry mark with his fingers.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

"Perhaps it's a strawberry mark," she thought, "and he may not want to talk about it."

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

I recognised it by the strawberry mark in Cap.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel