loblolly

[ lob-lol-ee ]

/ ˈlɒbˌlɒl i /

South Midland and Southern U.S. a mire; mudhole.

a thick gruel.

Origin of loblolly

1590–1600; compare dial. (Yorkshire) lob (of porridge) to bubble while boiling; second element, as in lobscouse, is obscure

But with loblolly and still more with shortleaf this seems not to be the case.

The Mechanical Properties of Wood |Samuel J. Record
The dirt road would soon be worked into a loblolly of sticky yellow mud.

The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 |Leander Stillwell
We had got beyond the denser thickets of the loblolly pine, and could better see what we were about.

Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2 |Jacob Dolson Cox
The annual rings of loblolly pine are broad, with good contrast between the spring and summer growth.

American Forest Trees |Henry H. Gibson

No other important forest tree of the United States comes as nearly being a cultivated tree as the loblolly pine.

American Forest Trees |Henry H. Gibson

loblolly

/ (ˈlɒbˌlɒlɪ) /

a southern US pine tree, Pinus taeda, with bright red-brown bark, green needle-like leaves, and reddish-brown cones

nautical a thick gruel

US dialect a mire; mudhole

C16: perhaps from dialect lob to boil + obsolete dialect lolly thick soup