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scape 1
(skāp)n.
1. Botany A leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground, as in the tulip.
2. Biology A stalklike part, such as a feather shaft or the first segment of an insect's antenna.
3. Architecture The shaft of a column.
[Latin scāpus, stalk, perhaps from Greek skāpos.]
scape 2
(skāp)v. & n. Archaic
Variant of escape.
scape 3
(skāp)n.
A scene; a view. Often used in combination: seascape; mindscape.
[From landscape.]
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scape
(skeɪp)n
1. (Botany) a leafless stalk in plants that arises from a rosette of leaves and bears one or more flowers
2. (Zoology) zoology a stalklike part, such as the first segment of an insect's antenna
[C17: from Latin scāpus stem, from (Doric) Greek skapos; see shaft]
ˈscapose adj
scape
(skeɪp) or'scape
vb, n
an archaic word for escape
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scape1
(skeɪp)n.
1. a leafless flower stalk rising from the ground.
2. Archit. the shaft of a column.
[1595–1605; < Latin scāpus stalk < Doric Greek skâpos, akin to Attic skêptron staff, scepter]
scape2
(skeɪp)n., v.t., v.i. scaped, scap•ing.
-scape
a combining form extracted from landscape, with the meaning “an extensive view, scenery,” or “a picture or representation” of such a view, as specified by the initial element: cityscape; moonscape.
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scape
Past participle: scaped
Gerund: scaping
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Noun | 1. | scape - erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ peduncle - stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower |
2. | scape - (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column pillar, column - (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure upright, vertical - a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights" architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" |
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