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loganberry [loh-guh n-ber-ee] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun, plural lo·gan·ber·ries. the large, dark-red, acid fruit of a plant, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus. the plant itself. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of loganberry 1890–95, Americanism; named after James H. Logan (1841–1928), American horticulturist who first bred it; see berry Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for loganberry Historical Examples of loganberry
The Loganberry, for instance, is said to be a cross between a Raspberry and a Bramble.
G. F. Scott Elliot
Baked apricot roll, blackberry roll, huckleberry roll, or loganberry roll.
The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book
Victor Hirtzler
Mix one quart of loganberry juice, one quart of water, one pound of sugar, and the juice of two lemons.
The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book
Victor Hirtzler
Adair MacKenzie was feeling somewhat talkative after his long refreshing drink of loganberry juice.
Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border
Annie Roe Carr
British Dictionary definitions for loganberry loganberry noun plural -ries a trailing prickly hybrid rosaceous plant, Rubus loganobaccus, cultivated for its edible fruit: probably a hybrid between an American blackberry and a raspberry
- the purplish-red acid fruit of this plant
- (as modifier)loganberry pie
Word Origin for loganberry C19: named after James H. Logan (1841–1928), American judge and horticulturist who first grew it (1881) 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 Word Origin and History for loganberry n.
1893, American English, named for U.S. horticulturalist James H. Logan (1841-1928), who developed it by crossing a blackberry and a raspberry.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
