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(), n.[Gr. my°rmhx, my°rmhkos, ant + fyto°n plant.] (Bot.) 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. -- Myr°mecophyt"ic (), a. スポンサード リンク
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