loblolly bay noun2 •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 •A similar West Indian tree of species Gordonia haematoxylon. formsloblolly bays
