loganberry
noun
lo·gan·ber·ry
ˈlō-gən-ˌber-ē 
: 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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The farm also has raspberries, blackberries, boysenberries, loganberries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums, apriums and pluots.
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Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 11 May 2024
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, 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, 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, 17 May 2017
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Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 11 May 2024
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, 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, 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, 17 May 2017
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loganberry
noun
lo·gan·ber·ry
ˈlō-gən-ˌber-ē
: a dewberry that grows upright and produces red fruit
also
: its berry
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