ˈläbˌlälē, -li noun
Etymology: probably from English dialect lob to bubble while boiling + obsolete English dialect lolly broth, soup
1. dialect
a. : a thick gruel
b. : an unsightly miry mess : mudhole
when the fall rains came there wouldn't be anything here but a loblolly — R.P.Warren
made loblollies by treading and treading in one spot — William Faulkner
2. now dialect : a clownish person : lout
3. : loblolly pine