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Definition of Myrmecophyte
1. Noun. Plant that affords shelter or food to ants that live in symbiotic relations with it.
Definition of Myrmecophyte
1. n. 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.
Definition of Myrmecophyte
1. Noun. A plant that lives in association with a colony of ants. The degree of association varies and is assumed to be symbiotic in some cases. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Myrmecophyte
Literary usage of Myrmecophyte
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"... hitherto unknown as a myrmecophyte, all with a well-differentiated entrance-aperture
at the upper end of most, or of all the internodes. ..."
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