Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Loblolly \Lob"lol`ly\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
   Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.

   {Loblolly bay} (Bot.), an elegant white-flowered evergreen
      shrub or small tree, of the genus {Gordonia} ({G.
      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, {P. 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}.

Source : WordNet®

loblolly pine
     n : tall spreading 3-needled pine of southeastern United States
         having reddish-brown fissured bark and a full bushy upper
         head [syn: {frankincense pine}, {Pinus taeda}]