loblolly

[lob-lol-ee]

noun

plural

loblollies 

1. South Midland and Southern U.S.,  a mire; mudhole.

2. a thick gruel.

loblolly

/ ˈlɒbˌlɒlɪ /

noun

1. a southern US pine tree, Pinus taeda, with bright red-brown bark, green needle-like leaves, and reddish-brown cones

2. nautical a thick gruel

3. dialect,  a mire; mudhole

Word History and Origins

Origin of loblolly¹

1590–1600; compare dial. (Yorkshire) lob (of porridge) to bubble while boiling; second element, as in lobscouse, is obscure

Word History and Origins

Origin of loblolly¹

C16: perhaps from dialect lob to boil + obsolete dialect lolly thick soup

Example Sentences

Timber production shifted to the uniform loblolly pine plantations of Georgia, Alabama and the Carolinas.

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At the edge of a thicket of loblolly pines, they stepped over a concrete slab decorated with a mural of a police car, overturned and aflame.

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Probably a Pinus taeda, or loblolly pine, a slender conifer native to the Southeastern United States.

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Vestiges of a past or harbingers of the future, the skeletons of once mighty oaks and elegant loblolly pines defy efforts to wholly preserve Tubman’s memory on these lands.

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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.

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Related Words

• gruel 
• oatmeal 
• polenta