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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[Sp.]

(Bot.)

(a)

A fiber obtained from the

Agave Americana

and other related species, – used for making cordage and paper. Called also

pita fiber

, and

pita thread

(b)

The plant which yields the fiber.

See also: pita, Pita, PITA, píta, Pîta, and pită

pitá

(Latin America) Informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of pitar.