Loblolly

n.
  1. Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.
    2. 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 hæmatoxylon).
    Loblolly boy ,
    a surgeon's attendant on shipboard.
    Loblolly pine (Bot.),
    a kind of pitch pine found from Delaware southward along the coast; old field pine (Pinus Tæda). 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.