English Dictionary

domatium

名詞

(entomology, botany) A chamber produced by a plant in which insects, mites, or fungi live. It typically takes the form of a hollow under a leaf, or a system of tunnels in a thorn or stem. Ideally a domatium is a mutualistic adaptation, not to be confused with simple damage by a borer or gall-forming pest, though commonly there is no sharp distinction between domatia of value to the plant and galls caused by harmful aphids and mites for example.

日本語の意味

植物が昆虫、ダニ、または菌類が生活するために作る小部屋状の構造。葉の下の空洞や、棘・茎内に形成されるトンネル状の空間など、植物と共生関係にある生物のために適応的に発達する部分。

The shrub formed a domatium on the underside of several leaves that housed tiny predatory mites, which in turn helped protect the plant from harmful pests.

その低木は数枚の葉の裏側に植物が作る巣室を形成し、そこで小さな捕食性のダニが住んでいて、結果として有害な害虫から植物を守っていた。

意味（1）

(entomology, botany) A chamber produced by a plant in which insects, mites, or fungi live. It typically takes the form of a hollow under a leaf, or a system of tunnels in a thorn or stem. Ideally a domatium is a mutualistic adaptation, not to be confused with simple damage by a borer or gall-forming pest, though commonly there is no sharp distinction between domatia of value to the plant and galls caused by harmful aphids and mites for example.

domatia （ plural ）