[skeyp] 
| 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. |
[skeyp] | 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. |
| scape 1 (skāp) n.
[Latin scāpus, stalk, perhaps from Greek skāpos.] |
| scape 2 (skāp) v. & n. Archaic Variant of escape. |
| scape 3 (skāp) n. A scene; a view. Often used in combination: seascape; mindscape. [From landscape.] |
