Loblolly /(?)/
Lob·lol·ly
Loblolly
n.
- Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.
Phrases & Compounds
- Loblolly bay
- an elegant white-flowered evergreen shrub or small tree, of the genus Gordonia (Gordonia Lasianthus), growing in the maritime parts of the Southern United States. Its bark is sometimes used in tanning. Also, a similar West Indian tree (Laplacea hæmatoxylon).
- Loblolly boy
- a surgeon's attendant on shipboard.
- Loblolly pine
- a kind of pitch pine found from Delaware southward along the coast; old field pine (Pinus Tæda). Also, Pinus Bahamensis, of the West Indies.
- Loblolly tree
- a name of several West Indian trees, having more or less leathery foliage, but alike in no other respect; as Pisonia subcordata, Cordia alba, and Cupania glabra.