Lob"lol`ly (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.
Loblolly bay (Bot.), an elegant
white-flowered evergreen shrub or small tree, of the genus
Gordonia (G. 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, P. 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.