ixtle

[iks-tlee, ist-lee]

noun

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istle or ixtle (ˈɪstlɪ)

—n
	a fibre obtained from various tropical American agave and yucca trees used in making carpets, cord, etc

[C19: from Mexican Spanish ixtle, from Nahuatl ichtli]

ixtle or ixtle

—n

[C19: from Mexican Spanish ixtle, from Nahuatl ichtli]

ixtle (ˈɪkstlɪ, ˈɪst-)

—n
	a variant of istle

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ixtle

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