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pita


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ixtle  \Ix"tle\,  Ixtli  \Ix"tli\([i^]x"tl[-e]),  n.  (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}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pita  \Pi"ta\,  n.  [Sp.]  (Bot.) 
  a  A  fiber  obtained  from  the  {Agave  Americana}  and  other 
  related  species,  --  used  for  making  cordage  and  paper. 
  Called  also  {pita  fiber},  and  {pita  thread}. 
  b  The  plant  which  yields  the  fiber. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pita 
  n  :  (Middle  East)  usually  small  round  bread  that  can  open  into  a 
  pocket  for  filling  [syn:  {pocket  bread}] 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  PITA 
  Pain  In  The  Anatomy  /  Ass  (slang,  Usenet,  IRC) 
 
 




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