About The Word Supple-jack
Learn about the word Supple-jack to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Supple-jack definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Supple-jack
| Supple-jack Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Supple-jack?Synonyms | Synonyms for Supple-jack: Related Terms | Find terms related to Supple-jack: See Also | Supple-jack In Webster's Dictionary \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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Deadening ‐ the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)…
- Time plan ‐ a system for paying for goods by…
- Inappropriate ‐ not suitable for a particular occasion etc; "noise seems inappropriate…
- Tagus river ‐ a European river; flows into the…
- Genus branchiobdella ‐ type genus of the Branchiobdellidae: a small worm that lives…
- Scurf ‐ a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin…
- Heliothis zia ‐ medium-sized moth whose larvae are corn earworms [n] larva of…
- Enduringly ‐ in an enduring manner; "Roman culture was enduringly…
- Symbolising ‐ the act of representing something…
- Soda niter ‐ (NaNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and…