: a major ecological community type (such as tropical rainforest, grassland, or desert)
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From more types of materials players could use to build and decorate to more animals that inhabited the world to more biomes for players to explore.
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Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2025
Students, take the quiz and then tell us: How vibrant and healthy is your social biome, according to the quiz?
—Jeremy Engle, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Taking supplements such as probiotics and turmeric may help improve and maintain a healthy gut biome.
—Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 2 Apr. 2025
Their crops have fulfilled their purpose: anchoring the topsoil, retaining soil moisture and biome, and fixing nitrogen into the ground.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
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Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2025
Students, take the quiz and then tell us: How vibrant and healthy is your social biome, according to the quiz?
—Jeremy Engle, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Taking supplements such as probiotics and turmeric may help improve and maintain a healthy gut biome.
—Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 2 Apr. 2025
Their crops have fulfilled their purpose: anchoring the topsoil, retaining soil moisture and biome, and fixing nitrogen into the ground.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Biome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biome. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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biome
noun
bi·ome
ˈbī-ˌōm 
: a major type of ecological community
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