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Paullinia Curassavica
(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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