BIODIVERSITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does biodiversity mean? • BIODIVERSITY (noun)
The noun BIODIVERSITY has 1 sense:
1. the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole)
Familiarity information: BIODIVERSITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BIODIVERSITY (noun)
Meaning:
The diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
a high level of biodiversity is desirable
Hypernyms ("biodiversity" is a kind of...):
diverseness; diversity; multifariousness; variety (noticeable heterogeneity)
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