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Definition: Acacia spadicigera
Myrmecophyte
\Myr"me*co*phyte`\, 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`me*co*phyt"ic, a.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]