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lo⋅gan⋅ber⋅ry

  [loh-guhn-ber-ee]
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–noun, plural -ries.
1. the large, dark-red, acid fruit of a plant, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus.
2. the plant itself.
Origin:
1890–95, Americanism; named after James H. Logan (1841–1928), American horticulturist who first bred it; see berry
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lo·gan·ber·ry   (lō'gən-běr'ē)   
n.  

  1. A trailing, prickly plant (Rubus ursinus var. loganobaccus) native to Oregon and south to Baja California, cultivated for its acid, edible fruit.

  2. The red fruit of this plant.


[After James Harvey Logan (1841-1928), American jurist and horticulturist.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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loganberry 
1893, Amer.Eng., named for U.S. lawyer and horticulturalist James H. Logan (1841-1928), who developed it by crossing a blackberry and a raspberry.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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