Müllerian body

noun

variants or Mullerian body

: one of the minute nitrogenous and oily glands on the leaves of a myrmecophyte (Cecropia adenopus) serving as food for the symbiotic ants that inhabit the plant

Word History

Etymology

müllerian probably from the name Müller + English -an

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