Category: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.