ant tree

noun

A tree species that is myrmecophytic; a tree inhabited by ants.

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Meanings

nounant tree (plural ant trees)

plural ant trees

  1. A tree species that is myrmecophytic; a tree inhabited by ants.

    One cannot read this account without recalling to mind the ant-tree of Guiana, described by Sir Robert Schomburg, and questioning whether the tree here referred to is not naturally hollow[.]

    1846, Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, volume X, page 14
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APA

ant tree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ant%20tree

MLA

“ant tree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ant%20tree. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ant tree,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ant%20tree.

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