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strawberry

strawberry

16 8.1
A soft raised red mark on a baby's skin that often fades over time
  • noun
  • /ˈstrɔːˌbɛri/
translation icon : hemangioma en fresa
  • My friend was born with a strawberry mark on his arm that looks like a small, red bump.
  • strawberry leafroller

Examples

  • She does have a small strawberry-like birthmark...

  • Likewise, he is returned to his real father, Mr. Wilson, because he has the strawberry birthmark.

    Academic text (2007)
  • You dying to see my strawberry mark?

  • Have you a strawberry mark on your left knee?

  • And while Molly had a faint strawberry-colored birthmark on her right ear, Charly's appeared on her left ear.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Distinguishing birthmark, little scar on right shoulder, strawberry-shaped birthmark on left thigh.

  • He has a distinctive strawberry birthmark on his cheek that everyone comments on.

  • The doctor explained that the strawberry mark on her leg is a common type of birthmark.

Synonyms

strawberry mark
vsstrawberry
6.0

A soft red raised birthmark on a baby's skin that looks like a strawberry

emphasizes shape or color resemblance rather than surface texture
strawberry hemangioma
vsstrawberry
  • Specialized
6.4

A bright red raised birthmark present at birth that often gets smaller in childhood

notes visual shape or color rather than congenital origin or shrinking
hemangioma simplex
vsstrawberry
  • Specialized
8.9

A soft red birthmark made by extra blood vessels just under the skin

focuses on a fruit-like visual resemblance rather than medical cause

Compounds

A cold sweet dessert made from milk and strawberries, often with small fruit pieces

A sweet spread people make from strawberries and sugar to put on bread or pastries

A cold sweet drink with rum and crushed strawberries, often blended

1 1.8

A small sweet red fruit that grows wild on a low plant

A sweet thick spread made from strawberries and sugar for bread or desserts

beach strawberry
  • Specialized
5.3

A wild strawberry plant that grows on coastal dunes

A wild strawberry plant from western North and South America that people use to breed garden strawberries

A strawberry plant people grow for its large fruit you can eat

A low plant that makes sweet red fruit people eat fresh or in desserts

A small evergreen tree with bright red berries that you can eat but are not very sweet

A small tropical bush or tree that produces deep red oval fruit you can eat

A wild strawberry plant from North America with small sweet red fruit

A European annual plant with small red berries and edible leaves

A small plant with round leaves and red and white flowers that people often grow indoors or as ground cover

A European annual plant with greenish flower clusters and small red, berry-like fruits

strawberry saxifrage
  • Specialized
9.8

A small garden plant with red and white flowers that spreads along the ground

A small tropical bush or tree that has sweet fruit tasting like strawberries

A soft red raised birthmark on a baby's skin that looks like a strawberry

strawberry shrub
  • Specialized
9.1

A tough bush from the southeast United States with wood that smells like cloves and reddish brown fragrant flowers

A small evergreen tree with white flowers and mild red berries

strawberry hemangioma
  • Specialized
6.4

A bright red raised birthmark present at birth that often gets smaller in childhood

8.4

A group of shrubs and small trees with sweet-smelling bark and flowers

A small bush from North America with pretty leaves, flowers, and bright fruit

strawberry tomato
  • Specialized
9.0

A small plant that produces sweet edible yellow fruits inside a thin paper husk

A wild North American plant that makes small sweet red berries used to breed garden varieties

A small wild plant that makes soft sweet red fruit often found in woods

How Red

port-wine stain
  • Specialized
6.6
strawberry
16 8.1
birthmark
43 1.3

Surface Forms

strawberry singular
strawberries plural

Morphology

strawberry = straw + berry (opaque) = straw + berry

Although the form is a compound of 'straw' and 'berry', that structure does not let a learner predict this lexicalized birthmark meaning.

Etymology

Strawberry for a birthmark comes from the fruit because the mark looks like a small, bright red strawberry, often raised on the skin. So calling the mark a 'strawberry' helps you picture its red color and shape.