As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
habitat, home ground
(noun) the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; “a marine habitat”; “he felt safe on his home grounds”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
habitat (countable and uncountable, plural habitats)
(uncountable, biology) Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.
(countable, biology) A place or type of site where an organism or population naturally occurs.
(countable, biology) A terrestrial or aquatic area distinguished by geographic, abiotic and biotic features, whether entirely natural or semi-natural.
A place in which a person lives.
• Tabitha
Source: Wiktionary
Hab`i*tat, n. Etym: [L., it dwells, fr. habitare. See Habit, v. t.]
1. (Biol.)
Definition: The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant.
2. Place where anything is commonly found. This word has its habitat in Oxfordshire. Earle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.