loganberries

Variant of loganberry

noun pl. loganberries

  1. a hybrid bramble (Rubus loganobaccus) of the rose family, developed from the blackberry and the red raspberry and extensively grown for its fruit
  2. the highly acid, purplish-red fruit of this shrub

Origin: after Judge J. H. Logan (1841-1928), who developed it (1881)

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