acacia spadicigera

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acacia spadicigera - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]