biome(n = noun.group) - a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate;
is a kind of biotic community, community
has particulars: desert, grassland, forest, timber, timberland, woodland
1. 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
2. a particular region which is a biome{1}. [PJC]
biome, n.
1 a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna adapted to the particular conditions in which they occur, e.g. tundra.
2 the geographical region containing such a community.
Etymology:
BIO- + -OME