| supple-jack | <botany> A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem. A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem. "He was in form and spirit like a supple-jack, . . . Yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never broke." (W. Irving) This name is given to various plants of similar habit in different British colonies. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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