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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A trailing, prickly plant (Rubus ursinus var. loganobaccus) developed in California possibly as a hybrid between a blackberry and a raspberry, cultivated for its edible fruit.
  • noun The tart red fruit of this plant.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A dewberry-like plant said to be a hybrid between Rubus vitifolius (the dewberry of the Western States) and R. Idæus (the European raspberry).

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A hybrid berry, produced by crossing a raspberry with a blackberry, considered a species Rubus loganobaccus, a variety Rubus ursinus loganobaccus, or a nothospecies Rubus × loganobaccus.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun red-fruited bramble native from Oregon to Baja California
  • noun large red variety of the dewberry

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After James Harvey Logan, (1841–1928), American jurist and horticulturist.]

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Named for the American lawyer and horticulturist James Harvey Logan (1841-1928).

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