loblolly tree

English

Etymology

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Noun

loblolly tree (plural loblolly trees)

1. Any of several West Indian trees with more or less leathery foliage, but otherwise dissimilar, such as Pisonia subcordata, Cordia alba, and Cupania glabra.

Derived terms

• loblolly pine

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “loblolly tree”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)