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supple-jack
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supple-jack, n.
A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus ) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem. [1913 Webster]
" This name is given to various plants of similar habit in different British colonies." [1913 Webster]
"He was in form and spirit like a supple-jack, . . . yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never broke." [1913 Webster]
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