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istle

istle is the alternative form of ixtle.

Meaning of ixtle

Noun

ixtle (countable and uncountable, plural ixtles)

  1. A variety of Agave angustifolia var. angustifolia (syn. Agave rigida), furnishing a strong coarse fiber.
  2. The fiber itself; pita, or Tampico fiber.

Forms of istle

pluralistles

Questions about istle

What is istle the alternative form of?
Istle is the alternative form of ixtle.

Words near istle in the dictionary

  1. istiophorid
  2. istiophorids
  3. Istiqlol
  4. ISTJ
  5. ISTJs
  6. istle
  7. istles
  8. ISTM
  9. Istomin
  10. Istomins
  11. ISTP

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: istle (page history and authors); ixtle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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