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 a segment of an insect's antenna. 3. Architecture The shaft of a column. [Latin sc pus, stalk, perhaps from Greek skpos.] |
| scape 2 (skp) v. & n. Archaic Variant of escape. |
| scape 3 (skp) n. A scene; a view. Often used in combination: seascape; mindscape. [From landscape.] |
scape1
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a leafless stalk in plants that arises from a rosette of leaves and bears one or more flowers
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Zoology a stalklike part, such as the first segment of an insect's antenna
[from Latin scāpus stem, from (Doric) Greek skapos; see shaft]
scapose adj
scape2, 'scape [skeɪp]
vb & n
an archaic word for escape
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  scape - erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulipstalk, 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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