loganberry

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/ˈləʊ.ɡənˌbɹi//ˈləʊ.ɡənˌbɛ.ɹi/

noun

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.

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Rubus loganobaccusRubus ursinus loganobaccus
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Meanings

nounloganberry (plural loganberries)

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.

    Brad hesitated, peering at the grid of spun sugar that jutted from his loganberry parfait.

    2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 379

Synonyms & antonyms

nounred-fruited bramble native from Oregon to Baja California

Similar
Rubus loganobaccusRubus ursinus loganobaccus
Broader
western blackberrywestern dewberryRubus ursinus

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

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Translations

Arabic تُوت لُوغَان
  • تُوت لُوغَان (tūt lūḡān)raspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
Chinese Mandarin 羅甘梅 /罗甘梅
  • 羅甘梅 /罗甘梅 (luógānméi)raspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
Dutch loganbes
  • loganbesraspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
Estonian loganmari
  • loganmariraspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
Finnish loganmarja
  • loganmarjaraspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
French mûroise
  • mûroiseraspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
German Loganbeere
  • Loganbeereraspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
Hungarian kaliforniai málna
  • kaliforniai málnaraspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
Irish lóganchaor
  • lóganchaorraspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
Italian mora logan
  • mora loganraspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
Māori rōkanapere
  • rōkanapereraspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
Norwegian Bokmål loganbær
  • loganbærraspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
Polish loganberry
  • loganberryraspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
Portuguese loganberry
  • loganberryraspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
Russian логанбери, логанова я́года
  • логанбери (loganberi)raspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
  • логанова я́года (loganova jágoda)raspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
Scottish Gaelic smeur-loganach
  • smeur-loganachraspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
Spanish frambuesa de Logan, logana
  • frambuesa de Loganraspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
  • loganaraspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
  • loganberiraspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
  • loganberryraspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
Swedish loganbär
  • loganbärraspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
Vietnamese thực quả mâm xôi
  • thực quả mâm xôiraspberry–blackberry hybrid berry
Cite this entry
APA

loganberry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loganberry

MLA

“loganberry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loganberry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loganberry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loganberry.

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