rot-scape

English

Etymology

From rot +‎ -scape.

Noun

rot-scape (plural rot-scapes)

  1. An environment of rotting vegetation.
    • 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 54:
      How do fungi juggle this kind of trade-off while exploring a crowded rot-scape in search of food?
    • 2022, Sophie Strand, The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine:
      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.
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