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Ixtle
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Ixtle, n.
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 . [1913 Webster]
Ixtle, n.
The fine, soft fiber of the bromeliaceous plant Bromelia sylvestris .
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