strawberry mark

noun

1. a small, reddish, slightly raised birthmark.

strawberry mark

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of strawberry mark¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

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

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He had a strawberry mark on his forehead.

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I recognised it by the strawberry mark in Cap.

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His mother said, ‘Yes, our son has a strawberry mark under his right arm.’

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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.

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