loganberry
English edit
Etymology edit
Logan + berry, named for the American lawyer and horticulturist James Harvey Logan (1841-1928).
Noun edit
loganberry (plural loganberries)
- 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.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 379:
- Brad hesitated, peering at the grid of spun sugar that jutted from his loganberry parfait.
Translations edit
raspberry-blackberry hybrid berry
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English loganberry.
Noun edit
loganberry f (plural loganberries)
- loganberry (raspberry-blackberry hybrid)