Tampico fiber

English

Alternative forms

• Tampico fibre

Noun

Tampico fiber (countable and uncountable, plural Tampico fibers)

1. A tough vegetable fiber from plants of genus Agave, especially Agave lechuguilla, used as a substitute for animal bristles in making brushes.

Usage notes

• The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name.

References

• Tampico fiber on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “Tampico fiber”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)