Definition of supplejack in English:
supplejack
noun ˈsʌp(ə)ldʒakˈsəpəlɛdʒæk
Any of a number of tropical and subtropical climbing plants with tough, supple stems.
a tall North American climber (Berchemia scandens, family Rhamnaceae).
an Australasian plant (Ripogonum scandens, family Liliaceae).
a plant of the Caribbean and tropical America (Paullinia plumieri, family Sapindaceae).
Example sentencesExamples
- Another use of the forest was to make swings utilising the supplejack vines growing up the trees.
- People used to make crayfish pots out of interlaced supplejack and Number 8 wire - that nearly universal Kiwi solution to construction problems.
- Greenbrier vines and a vine known as supplejack climb over some of the vegetation.
- Vines attractive for fruit include supplejack, zone 6; Virginia creeper, zone 4; and grape, zone 3, depending on species.
Definition of supplejack in US English:
supplejack
nounˈsəpəlejakˈsəpəlɛdʒæk
Either of two New World twining plants.
a tall North American climber (Berchemia scandens, family Rhamnaceae)
a plant of the Caribbean and tropical America (Paullinia plumieri, family Sapindaceae)
Example sentencesExamples
- Greenbrier vines and a vine known as supplejack climb over some of the vegetation.
- Vines attractive for fruit include supplejack, zone 6; Virginia creeper, zone 4; and grape, zone 3, depending on species.
- Another use of the forest was to make swings utilising the supplejack vines growing up the trees.
- People used to make crayfish pots out of interlaced supplejack and Number 8 wire - that nearly universal Kiwi solution to construction problems.