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View synonyms for strawberry mark

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of strawberry mark1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences

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

He had a strawberry mark on his forehead.

I recognised it by the strawberry mark in Cap.

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

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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