BIOME


Meaning of BIOME in English

/buy"ohm/ , n. Ecol.

a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, esp. such a community that has developed to climax.

[ 1915-20; BI- 2 + -ome -OMA ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .