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Definition of loblolly in English: loblollynounPlural loblollies ˈlɒblɒliˈläbˌlälē 1A pine tree of the southern US that has very long slender needles and is an important source of timber. 火炬松 Pinus taeda, family Pinaceae Example sentencesExamples - This project combines fire rehabilitation with watershed and ecosystem restoration on sites where loblolly pine has been ravaged by bugs and blight.
- Both experienced considerable damage from an ice-storm in 1994, which appeared to have had the greatest negative impact on loblolly pine.
- Since officials began aggressively suppressing wildfire, many of Florida's forests have been taken over by slash and loblolly pine.
- In loblolly pine, the leading timber species of North America, the physical and chemical properties of wood have been studied extensively in a single population of modest size.
- Dry woodland has a diversity of species but is dominated by loblolly pine, rock chestnut oak, and a shrubby layer of azaleas and New Jersey tea.
2A small evergreen tree of the tea family, with leaves that resemble those of the bay and white flowers resembling those of the camellia, native to the south-eastern US. Gordonia lasianthus, family Theaceae Example sentencesExamples - Swamp bay, loblolly bay, and swamp dogwood are plentiful; the Virginia chain fern and the swamp fern are almost always present.
- Jonathan Evans, who teaches biology at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, says the industry needs to quit pushing the fantasy that replacing all these trees with loblolly is ‘reforestation.’
- After lunch, we abandon our canoes and slog through knee-high water to Panther Mound, a raised piece of land, or hammock, thick with gumbo-limbo trees, loblollies, and strangler figs.
OriginLate 16th century (denoting thick gruel): the reason for the application of the word to the two plants, and the word's origin, are unknown. Definition of loblolly in US English: loblollynounˈläbˌlälē 1A pine tree of the southern US that has very long slender needles and is an important source of timber. 火炬松 Pinus taeda, family Pinaceae Example sentencesExamples - This project combines fire rehabilitation with watershed and ecosystem restoration on sites where loblolly pine has been ravaged by bugs and blight.
- In loblolly pine, the leading timber species of North America, the physical and chemical properties of wood have been studied extensively in a single population of modest size.
- Both experienced considerable damage from an ice-storm in 1994, which appeared to have had the greatest negative impact on loblolly pine.
- Since officials began aggressively suppressing wildfire, many of Florida's forests have been taken over by slash and loblolly pine.
- Dry woodland has a diversity of species but is dominated by loblolly pine, rock chestnut oak, and a shrubby layer of azaleas and New Jersey tea.
2A small evergreen tree of the tea family, with leaves that resemble those of the bay and white flowers resembling those of the camellia, native to the southeastern US. Gordonia lasianthus, family Theaceae Example sentencesExamples - Jonathan Evans, who teaches biology at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, says the industry needs to quit pushing the fantasy that replacing all these trees with loblolly is ‘reforestation.’
- After lunch, we abandon our canoes and slog through knee-high water to Panther Mound, a raised piece of land, or hammock, thick with gumbo-limbo trees, loblollies, and strangler figs.
- Swamp bay, loblolly bay, and swamp dogwood are plentiful; the Virginia chain fern and the swamp fern are almost always present.
3A marshy patch of ground. 4Cooking
dated A thick mush or gruel.
OriginLate 16th century (denoting thick gruel): the reason for the application of the word to the two plants, and the word's origin, are unknown. |