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MYRMECOPHYTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does myrmecophyte mean?
• MYRMECOPHYTE (noun)
The noun MYRMECOPHYTE has 1 sense:
1. plant that affords shelter or food to ants that live in symbiotic relations with it
Familiarity information: MYRMECOPHYTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant that affords shelter or food to ants that live in symbiotic relations with it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("myrmecophyte" is a kind of...):
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
Derivation:
myrmecophytic (of or relating to myrmecophytes)
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