loblolly

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There are several species available -- loblolly pine, arborvitae, lacebark elm, bald cypress, several kinds of oak, redbud and more.

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  1. noun Chiefly Southern U.S. A mudhole; a mire.
  2. noun The loblolly pine.
  3. Regional Note
    Loblolly is a combination of lob, probably an onomatopoeia for the thick heavy bubbling of cooking porridge, and lolly, an old British dialect word for "broth, soup, or any other food boiled in a pot.” Thus, loblolly originally denoted thick porridge or gruel, especially that eaten by sailors onboard ship. In the southern United States, the word is used to mean "a mudhole; a mire,” a sense derived from an allusion to the consistency of porridge. The name loblolly has become associated with several varieties of trees as well, all of which favor wet bottomlands or swamps in the Gulf and South Atlantic states.

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  • Looking around them at the impossible tangle of brush and reeds and swamp grass and loblolly, stretching for miles, young Roland said, "But he could be anywhere, Dad." —  The Vanished Man
  • If a speck of dirt be found on the deck, or a gallipot or phial out of its place, woe betide the loblolly-boy, the assistant-surgeon's assistant, and the constant attendant upon the hospital. —  The Lieutenant and Commander
  • There are several species available -- loblolly pine, arborvitae, lacebark elm, bald cypress, several kinds of oak, redbud and more. —  Local Headlines - NewsChannel 8
  • (08 / 15 / 2006) The increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere predicted for later this century may reduce the damage that future ice storms will cause to commercially important loblolly pine trees, according to a new study. —  Mongabay.com News
  • A mix of 20 loblolly pines, redbuds, whitebuds, Chinese pistaches, sawtooth oaks and October glory maples were planted Friday around the perimeter of the Joe Station Bark Park, where only one tree was removed.
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  1. Perhaps dialectal lob, to bubble + lolly, broth.

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  1. from lob + lolly.
 

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