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

The bartender touched the strawberry mark with his fingers.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

He had a strawberry mark on his forehead.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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

"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

Really, your story runs like a melodrama, where the hero turns out to be a duke and his mother knows the strawberry mark on his arm.

From Sir Noel's Heir A Novel by Fleming, May Agnes