Supple-jack

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Supple-jack \Sup"ple-jack`\, n. (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.
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               He was in form and spirit like a supple-jack, . . .
               yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never
               broke.                               --W. Irving.
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     Note: This name is given to various plants of similar habit
           in different British colonies.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  supplejack
       n : walking stick made from the wood of an American tropical
           vine