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myrmecophyte |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Myrmecophyte \Myr"me*co*phyte`\, n. [Gr. my`rmhx, my`rmhkos, ant + fyto`n plant.] (Bot.) A plant that affords shelter and food to certain species of ants which live in symbiotic relations with it Special adaptations for this purpose exist; thus {Acacia spadicigera} has large hollows thorns, and species of {Cecropia} have stem cavities. -- {Myr`me*co*phyt"ic}, a. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: myrmecophyte n : plant that affords shelter or food to ants that live in symbiotic relations with it
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