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Webster 1913 Edition
Loblolly
Lob′lolˊly
,Noun.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
Gruel; porridge; – so called among seamen.
Loblolly bay
(Bot.)
, 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.
Smollett.
– Loblolly pine
(Bot.)
, 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
(Bot.)
, 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
.