'Loblolly bay' definitions:

Definition of 'Loblolly bay'

From: GCIDE
  • Loblolly \Lob"lol`ly\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen. [1913 Webster]
  • Loblolly bay (Bot.), an elegant white-flowered evergreen shrub or small tree, of the genus Gordonia ({Gordonia Lasianthus}), growing in the maritime parts of the Southern United States. Its bark is sometimes used in tanning. Also, a similar West Indian tree ({Laplacea h[ae]matoxylon}).
  • Loblolly boy, a surgeon's attendant on shipboard. --Smollett.
  • Loblolly pine (Bot.), a kind of pitch pine found from Delaware southward along the coast; old field pine ({Pinus T[ae]da}). Also, Pinus Bahamensis, of the West Indies.
  • Loblolly tree (Bot.), a name of several West Indian trees, having more or less leathery foliage, but alike in no other respect; as Pisonia subcordata, Cordia alba, and Cupania glabra. [1913 Webster]