scape 1 (sk?p)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 sc?pus, stalk, perhaps from Greek sk?pos.]scape 2 (sk?p)v. & n. Archaic Variant of escape.scape 3 (sk?p)n. A scene; a view. Often used in combination: seascape; mindscape.[From landscape.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.scape (ske?p) n1. (Botany) a leafless stalk in plants that arises from a rosette of leaves and bears one or more flowers2. (Zoology) zoology a stalklike part, such as the first segment of an insect’s antenna[C17: from Latin sc?pus stem, from (Doric) Greek skapos; see shaft] ?scapose adjscape (ske?p) or ‘scapevb, n an archaic word for escapeCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014scape1 (ske?p) n. 1. a leafless flower stalk rising from the ground. 2. Archit. the shaft of a column. [1595?1605;
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-scape suffix forming nouns indicating a scene or view of something, esp a pictorial representation: seascape. [abstracted from landscape]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014scape1 (ske?p) n. 1. a leafless flower stalk rising from the ground. 2. Archit. the shaft of a column. [1595?1605;