: a major ecological community type (such as tropical rainforest, grassland, or desert)
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The majority of the planet’s biomes, or climate regions, are represented here, and Arizona is the only state to house all four of the nation’s deserts.
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Von Diaz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025
All throughout Oceanus, the second biome in the underground route, an eerie song drifts through the pipes.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2025
The ceremony was a high point of my four-day visit to the Atlantic Forest, one of the world’s most diverse and fragile biomes.
—Kendall Hunter, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2025
This lush jungle environment is pretty different from anything seen in other Metroid games, which may have had biomes with vegetation and foliage, but never to this degree.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
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Von Diaz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025
All throughout Oceanus, the second biome in the underground route, an eerie song drifts through the pipes.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2025
The ceremony was a high point of my four-day visit to the Atlantic Forest, one of the world’s most diverse and fragile biomes.
—Kendall Hunter, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2025
This lush jungle environment is pretty different from anything seen in other Metroid games, which may have had biomes with vegetation and foliage, but never to this degree.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Biome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biome. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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biome
noun
bi·ome
ˈbī-ˌōm 
: a major type of ecological community
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