Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Myrmecophyte

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Myrmecophyte


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(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.