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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Loblolly

/läb'-lälˌ-ē/ · Lob·lol·ly · IPA /lˈɑblˌɑliː/
01 n. Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.
  1. 1.
    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.