Scape
noun
1.
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
2.
Zoology. a stemlike part, as the shaft of a feather.
3.
Architecture. the shaft of a column.
4.
Entomology. the stemlike basal segment of the antenna of certain insects.
noun, verb (used with or without object), scaped, scaping. Archaic.
1.
escape.
1.
a combining form extracted from landscape, denoting “an extensive view, scenery,” or “a picture or representation” of such a view, as specified by the initial element:
cityscape; moonscape; seascape.
noun
1.
a leafless stalk in plants that arises from a rosette of leaves and bears one or more flowers
2.
(zoology) a stalklike part, such as the first segment of an insect’s antenna
verb, noun
1.
an archaic word for escape
suffix
1.
indicating a scene or view of something, esp a pictorial representation: seascape
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