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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Using this system in North Carolina, the team recorded 859 corona events on the sweetgum tree and 93 on the loblolly pine.
From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026
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
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.
From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2022
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
“However, I will give you one bonus answer, which Charles, of course, will also hear. Your bonus answer is ‘lodgepole, loblolly, and Rocky Mountain white.’”
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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