ixtle
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
American Spanish, from Nahuatl ixtli.
Noun edit
ixtle (countable and uncountable, plural ixtles)
- A variety of Agave angustifolia var. angustifolia (syn. Agave rigida), furnishing a strong coarse fiber.
- The fiber itself; pita, or Tampico fiber.
References edit
- “ixtle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.