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ixtle |
2 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]: Ixtle \Ix"tle\ Ixtil \Ix"til\, n. The fine, soft fiber of the bromeliaceous plant {Bromelia sylvestris}.
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