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rot-scape

rot-scape noun: an environment of rotting vegetation.

Noun

rot-scape (plural rot-scapes)

  1. An environment of rotting vegetation.
    • How do fungi juggle this kind of trade-off while exploring a crowded rot-scape in search of food?2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 54
    • But, after much thought, much time in the mycelial rot-scape of Dionysus, Orpheus, Tristan, Merlin, and Tom Bombadil, I've had time to mellow.2022, Sophie Strand, The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine

Forms of rot-scape

pluralrot-scapes

Origin of rot-scape

From rot + -scape.

Questions about rot-scape

What does rot-scape mean?
Rot-scape means an environment of rotting vegetation.
What part of speech is rot-scape?
Rot-scape is a noun.
What is the plural of rot-scape?
The plural of rot-scape is rot-scapes.

Words near rot-scape in the dictionary

  1. rot through
  2. rot-13
  3. rot-geese
  4. rot-goose
  5. rot-proof
  6. rot-scape
  7. rot-scapes
  8. rot-steep
  9. rot-steeped
  10. rot-steeping
  11. rot-steeps

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