biome

English Thesaurus

1. a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate (noun.group)

hypernym	:	biotic community, community,
definition	:	(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other (noun.group)

hyponym	:	desert,
definition	:	arid land with little or no vegetation (noun.location)

hyponym	:	grassland,
definition	:	land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life (noun.location)

hyponym	:	forest, timber, timberland, woodland,
definition	:	land that is covered with trees and shrubs (noun.object)