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ant plant, myrmecophyte (s) (noun); ant plants; myrmecophytes (pl)
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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myrmecophytes
Higher plants that live in obligatory, mutualistic relationships with ants.
This entry is located in the following unit: Ant and Related Entomology Terms (page 13)