devil's garden
devil's garden noun: a stand of trees in the Amazon rainforest consisting almost exclusively of a single species, Duroia hirsuta, and created by lemon ants (Myrmelachista schumanni), which nest in these trees and systematically poison other plants.
Noun
devil's garden (plural devil's gardens)
- A stand of trees in the Amazon rainforest consisting almost exclusively of a single species, Duroia hirsuta, and created by lemon ants (Myrmelachista schumanni), which nest in these trees and systematically poison other plants.
Forms of devil's garden
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Questions about devil's garden
- What does devil's garden mean?
- Devil's garden means a stand of trees in the Amazon rainforest consisting almost exclusively of a single species, Duroia hirsuta, and created by lemon ants (Myrmelachista schumanni), which nest in these trees and systematically poison other plants.
- What part of speech is devil's garden?
- Devil's garden is a noun.
- What is the plural of devil's garden?
- The plural of devil's garden is devil's gardens.
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