strawberry mark

noun

1. a small, reddish, slightly raised birthmark.

strawberry mark

noun

1. a soft raised swelling on the skin, often red, appearing in the weeks after birth. Most will shrink and disappear without treatment Technical namehaemangioma simplex Also calledstrawberry

Word History and Origins

Origin of strawberry mark¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

If you're born there people never forget it; it sticks to you like a strawberry mark on the end of your nose.

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I am like the hero of a novel—a mysterious orphan—only, unfortunately, with no identifying strawberry-mark on my arm.

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I am only sorry I did not discover the strawberry mark on your left arm earlier, that I might the sooner have subscribed myself.

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He likewise confesses to the usual strawberry-mark in fast colors.

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At this the stranger opened his valise and took therefrom a large-sized strawberry mark, which he placed on his right arm.

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