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loblolly pine
noun
- a coniferous tree, Pinus taeda, of the southeastern U.S., having bundles of stout often twisted needles and blackish-gray bark.
- the wood of this tree, used for timber and pulpwood.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of loblolly pine1
An Americanism dating back to 1750–60
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Example Sentences
It is usually much more permeable to air, even in green wood, notably so in loblolly pine and even in white oak.
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The amount of loblolly pine timber in this country is not known.
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The loblolly pine grows with a straight, naked shaft and pyramidal head, often without branches, to the height of fifty feet.
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We had got beyond the denser thickets of the loblolly pine, and could better see what we were about.
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The sapwood of Osage orange is scarcely half an inch thick, and in loblolly pine it may be six inches or more.
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