01 n. A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem.
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A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem.(Bot.)“He was in form and spirit like a supple-jack, . . . yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never broke.” — W. Irving.