loganberry

American  

[loh-guhn-ber-ee] / ˈloʊ gənˌbɛr i /

noun

plural

loganberries

1. the large, dark-red, acid fruit of a plant, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus.

2. the plant itself.

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loganberry British  

/ -brɪ, ˈləʊɡənbərɪ /

noun

1. a trailing prickly hybrid rosaceous plant, Rubus loganobaccus , cultivated for its edible fruit: probably a hybrid between an American blackberry and a raspberry

2. 1. the purplish-red acid fruit of this plant

   2. ( as modifier )

      loganberry pie

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Etymology

Origin of loganberry

1890–95, named after James H. Logan (1841–1928), American horticulturist who first bred it; see berry

Example Sentences

Harriett Logan has a dozen employees at her Cleveland bookstore, Loganberry Books.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2022

A clue to her perspective comes from Sarah Willis, a novelist and the fiction buyer at Loganberry Books in Cleveland who has known Umrigar for nearly 20 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2022

Eight members of staff at Loganberry Books in Cleveland turned the spines and covers of books by men to face the wall in the shop’s 10,000-title fiction section.

From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2017

Loganberry is a feminist bookshop that retails new, used and rare books with an emphasis on women’s history and literature.

From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2017

Should the new shoots of Loganberry vines, which come out in the spring, be left or cut away?

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)