myrmecophyte

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

myrmecophyte
    n 1: plant that affords shelter or food to ants that live in
         symbiotic relations with it

from The 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.]