'Ixtli' definitions:

Definition of 'Ixtli'

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