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supplejack |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. He was in form and spirit like a supple-jack, . . . yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never broke. --W. Irving. Note: This name is given to various plants of similar habit in different British colonies. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: supplejack n : made from the wood of an American tropical vine
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