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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TAMPICO FIBER; TAMPICO FIBRE

TAMPICO FIBER; TAMPICO FIBRE Tam *pi "co fi "ber or; Tam *pi "co fi "bre.

 

Defn: A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Tampico

Tam pi co |tamˈpēkō, täm -tæmˈpikoʊ | a principal seaport in Mexico, on the Gulf of Mexico; pop. 303,635 (2005 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

Tampico

Tampico |tamˈpiːkəʊ | one of Mexico's principal seaports, on the Gulf of Mexico; pop. 303,635 (2005 ).

 

Spanish Dictionary

tampico

tampico nombre masculino Méx Fibra vegetal que se extrae de la lechuguilla (variedad de agave ) y se emplea para fabricar cuerdas y otros objetos .También fibra tampico .