scape

scape ¹  (skp)

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 a segment of an insect's antenna.

3. Architecture The shaft of a column.

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[Latin scpus, stalk, perhaps from Greek skpos.]

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scape ²  (skp)

v. & n. Archaic

Variant of escape.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scape - erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip flower stalk 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 shaft 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"