What does "loganberry" mean?

A hybrid berry, produced by crossing a raspberry with a blackberry, considered a species Rubus loganobaccus, a variety Rubus ursinus var. loganobaccus, or a nothospecies Rubus × loganobaccus.

What is a synonym for "loganberry"?

Common synonyms include: berry, fruit, orange, rubus loganobaccus, rubus ursinus loganobaccus.

Loganberry

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Noun

1
A hybrid berry, produced by crossing a raspberry with a blackberry, considered a species Rubus loganobaccus, a variety Rubus ursinus var. loganobaccus, or a nothospecies Rubus × loganobaccus.
"Brad hesitated, peering at the grid of spun sugar that jutted from his loganberry parfait."
2
large red variety of the dewberry wordnet
3
red-fruited bramble native from Oregon to Baja California wordnet

Synonyms

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berry fruit orange rubus loganobaccus rubus ursinus loganobaccus

Example

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"The loganberry, which is a hybrid of a blackberry and a raspberry, was accidentally created in the late nineteenth century by an American horticulturist."

Etymology

From Logan + berry, named for the American lawyer and horticulturist James Harvey Logan (1841-1928).

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