\Ix"tle\, Ixtli \Ix"tli\([i^]x"tl[-e]), n. (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}.]

\Ix"tle\ Ixtil \Ix"til\, n.
The fine, soft fiber of the bromeliaceous plant {Bromelia
sylvestris}.