SUPPLEJACK

supplejack

(noun) walking stick made from the wood of an American tropical vine

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

supplejack (countable and uncountable, plural supplejacks)

Any of various North American vines that have supple stems.

Any of several vines belonging to the genus Ripogonum, native to New Zealand.

Source: Wiktionary

Sup"ple-jack`, n. (Bot.) (a) A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem. (b) 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.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition