rot-scape

noun

An environment of rotting vegetation.

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Meanings

nounrot-scape (plural rot-scapes)

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
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    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

Origin

From rot + -scape.

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APA

rot-scape. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rot-scape

MLA

“rot-scape.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rot-scape. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rot-scape,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rot-scape.

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