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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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Myrmecophyte'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/myrmecophyte.html. 1828.
 
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