| Pronunciation: | | skeyp
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| | Definition: | | [n] erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip |
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| | Synonyms: | | flower stalk |
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| | See Also: | | peduncle, stalk, stem |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Scape\, n. [L. scapus shaft, stem, stalk; cf. Gr. ? a
staff: cf. F. scape. Cf. {Scepter}.]
1. (Bot.) A peduncle rising from the ground or from a
subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the
bloodroot, and the like.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The long basal joint of the antenn[ae] of an
insect.
3. (Arch.)
(a) The shaft of a column.
(b) The apophyge of a shaft.
\Scape\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Scaped}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Scaping}.] [Aphetic form of escape.]
To escape. [Obs. or Poetic.] --Milton.
Out of this prison help that we may scape. --Chaucer.
\Scape\, n.
1. An escape. [Obs.]
I spake of most disastrous chances, . . . Of
hairbreadth scapes in the imminent, deadly breach.
--Shak.
2. Means of escape; evasion. [Obs.] --Donne.
3. A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. [Obs.]
Not pardoning so much as the scapes of error and
ignorance. --Milton.
4. Loose act of vice or lewdness. [Obs.] --Shak.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The stem-like, flowering stalk of a plant with leaves clustered around the base of its stem. |
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