A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem.
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.
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