loblolly pine

loblolly pine
1. a coniferous tree, Pinus taeda, of the southeastern U.S., having bundles of stout often twisted needles and blackish-gray bark.
2. the wood of this tree, used for timber and pulpwood.
[1750-60, Amer.]

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