The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ixtle \Ix"tle\ Ixtil \Ix"til\, n. The fine, soft fiber of the bromeliaceous plant Bromelia sylvestris.
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.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 A variety of (taxlink Agave rigida species noshow=1), furnishing a strong coarse fiber. 2 The fiber itself; pita, or Tampico fiber. n. 1 A variety of (taxlink Agave rigida species noshow=1), furnishing a strong coarse fiber. 2 The fiber itself; pita, or Tampico fiber.
Usage examples of "ixtle".
Stacked on the ground outside the gate were coils of every kind of rope, cotton and manilla and plaited rawhide and maguey and ixtle down to lengths of old woven hair mecates and handplaited piecings of bindertwine.