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myrmecophytism
A plant that has specialized structures for sheltering ants or termites, or having a mutual interdependence with ants or termites.
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myrmecophytism (s) (noun) (mo pl)
The condition of being an ant plant: Judy read in her biology book about myrmecophytism as being the situation of a plant living in association with an ant colony and providing shelter (domatia) for the ants.
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