Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. 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.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. 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.
- n. a particular region which is a biome{1}.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate
Examples
“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.”
“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.”
“A biome is a distinctive ecosystem well-adapted for a specific geographic region and climate: tundra, taiga, savanna, your mouth.”
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“A biome is a large geographical area that is inhabited by particular plant and animal groups.”
“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.”
“I can tell because you can relate to the harsh realities of the desert biome while embracing the spirit of the eagle.”
“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.”
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“It requires that farms in the Amazon biome must preserve 80% of their arable land.”
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“The estates are usually located in beautiful settings in the countryside, typically with green pastures bordered by stretches of lush Atlantic Rain Forest the biome that once covered most of southeastern Brazil.”
“Resembling the dystopian Lilypad floating cities that we covered a year ago, the renderings of the Mermaid show the building in every extreme biome on earth — from tropical islands to glacial surroundings.”
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of or relating to life
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