domatiumn.

Brit.

/dəˈmeɪʃ(ɪ)əm/, U.S.

/dəˈmeɪʃ(ə)m/,

/dəˈmeɪʃiəm/

Inflections: Plural domatia.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin domatium.

Etymology: < scientific Latin domatium plant structure inhabited by animals ( A. N. Lundström Pflanzenbiologischen Studien (1887) I. 71) < ancient Greek δωμάτιον chamber, small dwelling < δωματ-, δῶμα house, of uncertain etymology + -ιον, diminutive suffix.

Botany and Ecology.

Any of various specialized structures in some plants which provide shelter for insects (typically ants) or mites. In early use also: such a structure providing shelter for algae or fungi (rare).A mutually beneficial relationship often exists between the plant and the organism which inhabits it.See also myrmecodomatium n.

ΚΠ

1887 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 7 274 Domatia, again, may be zoodomatia or phytodomatia; among the former are the peculiar formations on myrmecophilous plants.

1922 Psyche 29 153 Some insect had emerged before the queen became sealed within her domatium.

1991 Trends Ecol. & Evol. 6 179 Mites commonly shelter, develop and reproduce within domatia... Domatia are not induced by their inhabitants and so differ from galls.

2007 S. O. Hansen et al. in P. Pyšek et al. Ecol. & Managem. Giant Hogweed 181 (caption) Ants construct soil shelters on top of the domatium..when aphids are inside.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	domatium
释义	domatiumn. Brit. /dəˈmeɪʃ(ɪ)əm/, U.S. /dəˈmeɪʃ(ə)m/, /dəˈmeɪʃiəm/ Inflections: Plural domatia. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin domatium. Etymology: < scientific Latin domatium plant structure inhabited by animals ( A. N. Lundström Pflanzenbiologischen Studien (1887) I. 71) < ancient Greek δωμάτιον chamber, small dwelling < δωματ-, δῶμα house, of uncertain etymology + -ιον, diminutive suffix. Botany and Ecology. Any of various specialized structures in some plants which provide shelter for insects (typically ants) or mites. In early use also: such a structure providing shelter for algae or fungi (rare).A mutually beneficial relationship often exists between the plant and the organism which inhabits it.See also myrmecodomatium n. ΚΠ 1887 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 7 274 Domatia, again, may be zoodomatia or phytodomatia; among the former are the peculiar formations on myrmecophilous plants. 1922 Psyche 29 153 Some insect had emerged before the queen became sealed within her domatium. 1991 Trends Ecol. & Evol. 6 179 Mites commonly shelter, develop and reproduce within domatia... Domatia are not induced by their inhabitants and so differ from galls. 2007 S. O. Hansen et al. in P. Pyšek et al. Ecol. & Managem. Giant Hogweed 181 (caption) Ants construct soil shelters on top of the domatium..when aphids are inside. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1887
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