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prettygoodwordscape (SKAYP) - n., (bot.) A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root or bulb; (zoo.) the shaft of an animal part, such as an antenna or feather; (arch.) the shaft of a column.
Also, although these are different words that just happen to be spelled and pronounced the same, short for escape and a combining form meaning scene (originally detached from landscape). The stem of a tulip flower seems to be the canonical example of a scape, so here's an amaryllis instead:
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Taken around 1600 from Latin scāpus, stem/stalk, from Doric Greek skâpos, from the same PIE root that gave English shaft.
---L.
Also, although these are different words that just happen to be spelled and pronounced the same, short for escape and a combining form meaning scene (originally detached from landscape). The stem of a tulip flower seems to be the canonical example of a scape, so here's an amaryllis instead:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
Taken around 1600 from Latin scāpus, stem/stalk, from Doric Greek skâpos, from the same PIE root that gave English shaft.
---L.
