loganberry

noun lo·gan·ber·ry \ ˈlō-gən-ˌber-ē \

|Updated on: 6 Jul 2018

Definition of loganberry

: a red-fruited upright-growing dewberry (Rubus loganobaccus) usually regarded as a hybrid of a western dewberry and a red raspberry or sometimes as a variety (R. ursinus loganobaccus) of a western dewberry; also : its berry

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Among other fancy chocolates, don’t miss the gourmet PB&J. Almond-pecan-peanut butter and raspberry-loganberry-boysenberry-cherry jelly are hidden inside a milk chocolate shell.

— liz biro, Indianapolis Star, "Every restaurant you'll try at IndyStar Wine & Food Experience," 25 June 2018
Growers Walter Knott and his family first began selling boysenberries — a mix of blackberry, loganberry and raspberry – at a roadside stand in the late 1920s.

— joseph pimentel, Orange County Register, "See what’s new at Knott’s Berry Farm’s 4th annual Boysenberry Festival," 27 Mar. 2017
At the World’s Fair, Erickson befriended famed horticulturist Luther Burbank, whose inventions included the crimson Phenomenal berry, a blackberry-raspberry cross similar to a loganberry.

— rebekah denn, The Seattle Times, "Olympic berries were the best, but they’re hard to find now," 17 May 2017

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