1.
[syn: pita, pocket bread]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ixtle \Ix"tle\, Ixtli \Ix"tli\([i^]x"tl[-e]), 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.]
[1913 Webster] Ixtle
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pita \Pi"ta\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.)
(a) A fiber obtained from the Agave Americana and other
related species, -- used for making cordage and paper.
Called also pita fiber, and pita thread.
(b) The plant which yields the fiber.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pita \Pi"ta\ (p[=e]"t[.a]), Pita bread \Pi"ta bread`\, n. [Sp.]
A thin flat bread that is formed in two layers, to make a
pocket into which other foods may be placed.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pita
n 1: usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for
filling [syn: pita, pocket bread]
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
PITA
Pain In The Anatomy / Ass (slang, Usenet, IRC)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
PITA
Pain in the arse/ass.