myrmecophyte

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A plant that lives in association with a colony of ants. The degree of association varies and is assumed to be symbiotic in some cases.

/məˈmɛk.əˌfʌɪt/ /ˈmɝ.mə.kəˌfaɪt/

myrmecophyte myrmecophytes

From German Myrmekophyt, equivalent to myrmeco- (“ant”) + -phyte (“plant”).

myrmecophile

myrmecophytic myrmecophytism

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