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Webster 1913 Edition
Supple-jack
Sup′ple-jackˊ
,Noun.
(Bot.)
(a)
A climbing shrub (
Berchemia volubilus
) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem. (b)
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.