2. Verb. (third-person singular of scape) ¹
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Definition of Scapes
1. scape [v] - See also: scape
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scapes
Literary usage of Scapes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... Ifts. dentate or crenate except at the base, 1-2 in. long: scapes ...
petioles slender, longer than blades: scapes about as long as Ivs.: sepals ..."
2. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"... scapes naked ; heads at first nodding ; flowers white or purplish, ... those of
hermaphrodite flowers all abortive: scapes elongated. ..."
3. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"SEA-scapes I lie and dream in the soft warm sand; and the thunder and surge and
the baffled roar Of the sea's relentless and vain endeavors are a pleasant ..."
4. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District by Asa Gray (1868)
"Small annuals or biennials, branched from the base ; the leaves chiefly radical,
lyrate or toothed; the small heads terminating the naked scapes or branches ..."
5. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"SEA-scapes I lie and dream in the soft warm sand; and the thunder and surge and
the baffled roar Of the sea's relentless and vain endeavors are a pleasant ..."
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