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myrmecochory (s) (noun) (no pl)
The dispersal of seeds by ants stimulated by nutritive bodies, or attracted by the elaiosomes (elaios-, "oil" + some-, "body"; fleshy structures that are attached to the seeds of many plant species): Myrmecochory, or the spreading of seeds, by granivorous (grain eating) ants without the aid of such specialized attractants, is not included in this term.

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