loganberry

UK: /ˈləʊɡənbərɪ/ US: /ˈloʊgənˌbɛri/ ,(lō′gən ber′ē)

Inflections of 'loganberry' (n): npl: loganberries

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

lo•gan•ber•ry /ˈloʊgənˌbɛri/   n. [countable] , pl. -ries. 

1. Plant Biology a dark red, tart-tasting, long berry of a blackberry bush of the rose family.
2. Plant Biology the bush itself.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

lo•gan•ber•ry  (lō′gən ber′ē), n., pl. -ries. 

1. Plant Biology the large, dark-red, acid fruit of a plant, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus.
2. Plant Biology the plant itself.

• 1890–95, American; named after James H. Logan (1841–1928), American horticulturist who first bred it; see berry

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loganberry / ˈləʊɡənbərɪ -brɪ/ noun ( -ries)

1. a trailing prickly hybrid rosaceous plant, Rubus loganobaccus, cultivated for its edible fruit: probably a hybrid between an American blackberry and a raspberry
2. the purplish-red acid fruit of this plant
3. (as modifier): loganberry pie

Etymology: 19th Century: named after James H. Logan (1841–1928), American judge and horticulturist who first grew it (1881)