scapose sca·pose uncommon adjective 1. resembling or consisting of a scape; having a bare leafless stalk growing directly from the ground “tulips are scapose flowers” “a scapose stalk” “a scapose column” “the scapose portion of a feather” Similarleafless WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.