loblolly bay

English

Alternative forms

  • loblolly-bay

Noun

loblolly bay (plural loblolly bays)

  1. An elegant white-flowered evergreen shrub or small tree, Gordonia lasianthus, growing in the maritime parts of the Southern United States. Its bark is sometimes used in tanning.
    • 1770, John Ellis, “A Copy of a Letter from John Ellis, Esq; F. R. S. to Dr. Linnaeus, F. R. S. &c.”, in Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)‎[1], volume 60, page 519:
      [T]hat elegant evergreen-tree, called in South Carolina and the Floridas, the Loblolly-bay[.]
  2. A similar West Indian tree, Gordonia haematoxylon

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