Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Source : WordNet®
myrmecophyte
n : plant that affords shelter or food to ants that live in
symbiotic relations with it