loganberry

English

loganberries on the plant

Wikispecies

Etymology

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

Noun

loganberry (plural loganberries)

  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.
    • 2005 Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, (Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback edition, page 379)
      Brad hesitated, peering at the grid of spun sugar that jutted from his loganberry parfait.

Translations


Portuguese

Noun

loganberry f (plural loganberries)

  1. loganberry (raspberry-blackberry hybrid)
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