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Definition: Ixtle
Ixtle
\Ix"tle\, Ixtli
\Ix"tli\([i^]x"tl[-e]), n.
1. (Bot.) A Mexican name for a variety of
Agave rigida,
which furnishes a strong coarse fiber; also, the fiber
itself, which is called also
pita, and
Tampico fiber.
[Written also
istle.]
[1913 Webster]
Ixtle
\Ix"tle\ Ixtil
\Ix"til\, n.
The fine, soft fiber of the bromeliaceous plant
Bromelia sylvestris
.