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A plant that supplies shelter or food or both to ants, that lives symbiotically with ants or that is fertilized by them.  5, record 1, English, - myrmecophyte

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The obligate myrmecophytes provide food for the ants (in the form of nutrient rich food bodies) and the ants protect the plants against herbivore damage and climbers. Our recent studies show that this myrmecophytic system is much more complex concerning life types and species diversity than formerly supposed.  6, record 1, English, - myrmecophyte

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myrmecophyte: According to the Webster's and the Oxford English Dictionaries, this term can only be used as a noun; the corresponding adjectival form is "myrmecophytic".  5, record 1, English, - myrmecophyte

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Plante qui héberge habituellement des fourmis et qui vit en symbiose avec ces dernières.  4, record 1, French, - plante%20myrm%C3%A9cophile

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Les plantes myrmécophiles sont des arbres des régions tropicales qui abritent des fourmis dans des cavités et des renflements de la tige et des feuilles, en communication avec l'extérieur par de petits orifices. Ce serait une véritable association à bénéfices réciproques : la plante héberge et nourrit les fourmis, et celles-ci la défendent contre ses ennemis.  5, record 1, French, - plante%20myrm%C3%A9cophile

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Planta que constituye refugio o alimento para las hormigas.  1, record 1, Spanish, - mirmec%C3%B3fila

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Two genera of ferns are known to be ant-fed, ant-house epiphytes. In southeast Asia, the genus Lecanopteris grows in much the same habitat as the rubiaceous ant-plants ... Like Dischidia, Lecanopteris species display a variety of ant-house structures ... Lecanopteris mirabilis has the simplest domatium, a solid, arching rhizome that hugs the tree branch. Ants live in the hollow between the rhizome and the bark.  2, record 2, English, - ant%2Dplant

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Highly specialized domatia are found in southeast Asian species of the family Rubiaceae. These relatives of coffee and gardenias are the classic ant-fed ant-house plants. ... The domatium of these epiphytes is the base of the stem which becomes enlarged into a tuber. Hollow, interconnected chambers form within the tuber as tissue dies back. The chambers have entrance holes which allow the ants access, and in some cases, tiny pores further ventilate the chambers ... Nutrients released by decay of the ants' waste, mostly leftover insect pieces, are absorbed by special "warts" inside the chambers ...  3, record 2, English, - ant%2Dplant

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La coévolution plantes-fourmis. Contre une protection, les plantes fournissent le gîte (domaties : épines, tiges, limbes présentant des cavités) et/ou le couvert (nectar extrafloral; corps nourriciers).  1, record 2, French, - plante%2Dfourmi

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