scaped

Variant of scape

scape definition

scape (skāp)

noun

  1. a leafless flower stalk growing from the crown of the root, as that of the narcissus or dandelion
  2. something like a stalk, as the shaft of a feather or of an insect's antenna
    1. the shaft of a column
    2. apophyge

Etymology: L scapus: see shaft

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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