Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A major regional or global biotic community, such as a grassland or desert, characterized chiefly by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Ecology) a specific type of complex ecological community characterized by specific environmental conditions and a distinctive group of plants and animals, maintained in a relatively stable equilibrium, such as a rain forest biome or prairie biome.
  • noun a particular region which is a biome{1}.

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  • noun any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate

Etymologies

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bio- + -ome

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Examples

  • Losing a biome is a travesty -- it would mean loss of innocent life, the compromised ability for people and animals to feed and shelter ourselves, and the complete altering our our weather and season patterns which impacts our agriculuture and ways of living.

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  • Losing a biome is a travesty -- it would mean loss of innocent life, the compromised ability for people and animals to feed and shelter ourselves, and the complete altering our our weather and season patterns which impacts our agriculuture and ways of living.

    Polar Bears and Climate Change DNLee 2008

  • The northern and eastern (outer) boundaries are according to Low and Rebelo Succulent Karoo biome, which is, in turn, based on Rutherford and Westfall's biome concepts.

    Succulent Karoo 2008

  • A biome is a distinctive ecosystem well-adapted for a specific geographic region and climate: tundra, taiga, savanna, your mouth.

    Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Do you know your microbiome? 2006

  • A biome is a large geographical area that is inhabited by particular plant and animal groups.

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  • The Everglades National Park is a wilderness of exceptional conservation value, which preserves a fifth of the original extent of the biome which is over half of what remains of the Everglades ecosystem.

    Everglades National Park, United States 2009

  • Jeff Cain uses historical, botanical, and geographical research on the invasive mustard plant spread throughout California by Franciscan monks to mark the El Camino Real to propose a 600-mile native biome restoration of the historic royal road.

    Bill Bush: I Shot Andy Warhol: This Artweek.LA (June 13-19) Bill Bush 2011

  • Jeff Cain uses historical, botanical, and geographical research on the invasive mustard plant spread throughout California by Franciscan monks to mark the El Camino Real to propose a 600-mile native biome restoration of the historic royal road.

    Bill Bush: I Shot Andy Warhol: This Artweek.LA (June 13-19) Bill Bush 2011

  • Jeff Cain uses historical, botanical, and geographical research on the invasive mustard plant spread throughout California by Franciscan monks to mark the El Camino Real to propose a 600-mile native biome restoration of the historic royal road.

    Bill Bush: I Shot Andy Warhol: This Artweek.LA (June 13-19) Bill Bush 2011

  • I can tell because you can relate to the harsh realities of the desert biome while embracing the spirit of the eagle.

    Think Progress » Fox News Devastated Over Arrest Of ACORN Pimp, Says The Story Probably Needs ‘A Lot Of Context’ 2010

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