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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ix·tle, Ix·tli n.
 1. 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.]
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Je·ni·quen n.  Bot. A Mexican name for the Sisal hemp (Agave rigida, var. Sisalana); also, its fiber. [Written also henīequen.]
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