loblolly pine

American  

noun

1. a coniferous tree, Pinus taeda, of the southeastern U.S., having bundles of stout often twisted needles and blackish-gray bark.

2. the wood of this tree, used for timber and pulpwood.

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Etymology

Origin of loblolly pine

An Americanism dating back to 1750–60

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times

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

From New York Times

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

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

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