loblolly bay
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[edit]loblolly bay (plural loblolly bays)
- An elegant white-flowered evergreen shrub or small tree, Gordonia lasianthus, growing in the maritime parts of the Southern United States. Its bark is sometimes used in tanning.
- 1770, John Ellis, “A Copy of a Letter from John Ellis, Esq; F. R. S. to Dr. Linnaeus, F. R. S. &c.”, in Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)[1], volume 60, page 519:
- [T]hat elegant evergreen-tree, called in South Carolina and the Floridas, the Loblolly-bay[.]
- A similar West Indian tree, Gordonia haematoxylon
Synonyms
[edit]- (Gordonia lasianthus): black laurel, holly bay, tan bay, swamp laurel
- (Gordonia haemotoxylon): bloodwood, Laplacea haemotoxylon (no longer used)
References
[edit]- Loblolly-bay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Gordonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Gordonia lasianthus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Gordonia (Theaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Gordonia lasianthus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons