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loblolly bay en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. Any of species Gordonia lasianthus of elegant white-flowered evergreen shrubs or small trees, growing in the maritime parts of the southern United States. Its bark is sometimes used in tanning.
    • [T]hat elegant evergreen-tree, called in South Carolina and the Floridas, the Loblolly-bay[.] 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), volume 60, page 519:
  2. A similar West Indian tree of species Gordonia haematoxylon.

Forms

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loblolly bays Number=Plur lexicographic
loblolly-bay alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

Laplacea haemotoxylon (Gordonia haemotoxylon) · holly bay (Gordonia lasianthus) · bloodwood (Gordonia haemotoxylon) · tan bay (Gordonia lasianthus) · swamp laurel (Gordonia lasianthus) · black laurel (Gordonia lasianthus)