supple-jack Meaning, Definition & Usage
Sup"ple-jack` noun
Definitions
(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.