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

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

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

For centuries, more than 35 million acres of beech, oak, holly, sycamore, tupelo, cypress, maple, ash, sweet gum, pawpaw and loblolly pine covered that stretch of land.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2018

It recalls that famous old thought experiment, that if a loblolly pine falls at Augusta National and no one is there to hear it …

From Golf Digest • Mar. 28, 2018

Henry studied an old loblolly pine that towered behind Pastor Tom.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez