loblolly
Americannoun
plural
loblollies-
South Midland and Southern U.S. a mire; mudhole.
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a thick gruel.
noun
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a southern US pine tree, Pinus taeda, with bright red-brown bark, green needle-like leaves, and reddish-brown cones
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nautical a thick gruel
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dialect a mire; mudhole
Etymology
Origin of loblolly
1590–1600; compare dial. (Yorkshire) lob (of porridge) to bubble while boiling; second element, as in lobscouse, is obscure
Example Sentences
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The closures have walloped timber growers, especially in the South, where landowners ranging from Weyerhaeuser, with its vast loblolly plantations, to families with 40-acre woodlots raise pine for the forest-products industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
A loblolly pine in the Southeast and a ponderosa pine in the West grow at vastly different rates, complicating efforts to define maturity as a set number of years across multiple species.
From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2022
A loblolly boy, therefore, was the surgeon's assistant who did the feeding.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2021
Today, the Tunica Hills are covered in oak and loblolly pine, sweetgum and pawpaw, Osage orange and flowering magnolia, along with many other plants.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2021
Henry studied an old loblolly pine that towered behind Pastor Tom.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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