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loganberry

loganberry

2 8.7
A large tangy red or purple berry like a mix of raspberry and blackberry
  • noun
  • /ˈloʊɡənˌbɛri/
translation icon : loganberry
  • At the farmer's market, I bought a basket of ripe loganberries to use in my pies.
  • loganberry pie

Examples

  • One of the cool things on its "What's Cool" menu is the Crystal Beach Original Loganberry you can get in a 12-ounce can.

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  • And eating crumpets smothered with loganberries.

  • Yeah, loganberries.

  • When you go home tonight and a maniac attacks you with loganberries, don't come crying to me!

  • He thought he could smell strawberries and loganberries.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • I am going to do some trials with colloidal silver on fruits (Loganberries, grapes, and melons) and tomatoes and peppers because they have gone down to late blight two seasons in a row.

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  • I made a delicious smoothie with fresh loganberries and yogurt.

  • The dessert featured a rich sauce made from loganberries and cream.

Synonyms

Rubus ursinus loganobaccus
vsloganberry
  • Specialized
9.9

A red berry bush like a raspberry, grown for eating and jam

is the hybrid berry product itself rather than the plant
Rubus loganobaccus
vsloganberry
  • Specialized
9.9

A wild bush from western North America that makes red edible berries called loganberries

is the actual hybrid fruit rather than the plant species

How Tangy

cranberry
61 1.4
loganberry
2 8.7
raspberry
64 1.0
blackberry
13 1.0

Surface Forms

loganberry singular
loganberries plural

Morphology

loganberry = Logan + berry (semi-transparent) = logan + berry

The form clearly combines the personal name 'Logan' with 'berry', so learners will know it is a kind of berry, but the specific hybrid identity and properties are arbitrary and require extra knowledge.

Etymology

The word loganberry is named after the gardener Logan, who first bred the fruit by crossing a raspberry and a blackberry. So a loganberry is a 'hybrid' or 'mix' of those two berries, which explains its red-purple colour and tangy taste.