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Webster 1913 Edition

Ixtli

{

Ix′tle

,

Ix′tli

}

(ĭx′tlē̍)

,

Noun.

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

.]