'Ixtle' definitions:
Definition of 'Ixtle'
From: 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
Definition of 'Ixtle'
From: GCIDE
- Ixtle \Ix"tle\ Ixtil \Ix"til\, n. The fine, soft fiber of the bromeliaceous plant {Bromelia sylvestris}. Iyar