Ixtle

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ixtle \Ix"tle\ Ixtil \Ix"til\, n.
     The fine, soft fiber of the bromeliaceous plant {Bromelia
     sylvestris}. Iyar