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Meaning of loblolly bay | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.
A similar West Indian tree of species Gordonia haematoxylon

Examples

“[T]hat elegant evergreen-tree, called in South Carolina and the Floridas, the Loblolly-bay[.]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

loblolly boy loblolly pine loblolly tree Lobo Loboc Loboda