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Supple-jack

n.
  1. A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem.
  2. A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem.

This name is given to various plants of similar habit in different British colonies.