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supplejack definition

supple·jack (-jak′)

noun

  1. ☆ a twining, woody, North American vine (Berchemia scandens) of the buckthorn family, with tough stems, greenish-white flowers, and dark-purple fruit
    1. a tropical American woody vine (Paullinia curassavica) of the soapberry family, the wood of which is used for walking sticks
    2. such a walking stick

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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