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English → English (gcide) Definition: Tampico fiber 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] Tampico fiber \Tam*pi“co fi”ber\ or Tampico fibre \Tam*pi“co fi”bre\ A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name. [1913 Webster]