Loblolly
Loblolly , noun
[Etymol. uncertain.]
Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.
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Loblolly bay (Botany) , 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 hamatoxylon).
Loblolly boy , a surgeon's attendant on shipboard. — Smollett
Loblolly pine (Botany) , a kind of pitch pine found from Delaware southward along the coast; old field pine (Pinus Tada). Also, Pinus Bahamensis, of the West Indies.
Loblolly tree (Botany) , 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.