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  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]: 
 
  myrmecophytic 
  adj  :  (botany)  or  or  relating  to  myrmecophytes 




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