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myrmecophyte
1. A plant that lives in obligatory, mutual relationships with ants.
2. A myrmecophilous plant, or one that benefits from ant inhabitants and has special adaptations for housing them.
2. A myrmecophilous plant, or one that benefits from ant inhabitants and has special adaptations for housing them.
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myrmeco-, myrmec-, myrme-, myrmic-, myrmi- +
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phylo-, phyl-
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phyto-, phyt-, -phyte
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“myrmecophyte”
A species of plant with domatia, or specialized structures for housing ant colonies: Sandy learned in class that there were ant plants that gave refuge and/or nourishment to ants, and both the ants and the plants lived symbiotically with each other.
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Ant and Related Entomology Terms
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