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: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)