ixtle
[
iks
-tlee,
ist
-lee]
/ˈɪks tli, ˈɪst li/
noun
1.
istle
.
British Dictionary definitions for
ixtle
istle
/
ˈɪstlɪ
/
noun
1.
a fibre obtained from various tropical American agave and yucca trees used in making carpets, cord, etc
Word Origin
C19: from Mexican Spanish
ixtle,
from Nahuatl
ichtli
ixtle
/
ˈɪkstlɪ;
ˈɪst-
/
noun
1.
a variant of
istle