biome

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: bi=ome

CIDE DICTIONARY

biome, n. [Gr. bi`os life.].

•  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.  [PJC]
•  a particular region which is a biome{1}.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

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