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domatium (s) (noun), domatia (pl)
1. A small structure developed in certain plants: A domatium can grow on the leaves of plants, serving as a shelter for insects, mites, or fungi.
2. Etymology: from Latin domus, "home".
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myrmecodomatium, domatium (s) (noun); myrmecodomatia; domatia (pl)
A plant chamber inhabited by insects or fungi: A myrmecodomatium has the form of a hollow on the underside of a leaf, or has a system of tunnels in a stem as a place of dwelling for ants or termites.
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domatia (pl), domatium (s)
Specialized structures; such as, inflated stems, used by ant plants for the housing of ant colonies.

Domatia (from Latin domus, "home") are tiny chambers produced by plants that house arthropods.

Domatia differ from galls in that they are produced by the plant rather than being induced by their inhabitants.

Ant domatia are inhabited by ants, in what is considered to be a mutualist relationship between the ants and the plants.

This entry is located in the following unit: Ant and Related Entomology Terms (page 6)