Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - landscape

 I. noun  Usage: often attributive  Etymology: Dutch landschap, from land + -schap -ship  Date: 1598  1.  a. a picture representing a view of natural inland scenery  b. the art of depicting such scenery  2.  a. the landforms of a region in the aggregate  b. a portion of territory that can be viewed at one time from one place  c. a particular area of activity ; scene the political ~  3. obsolete vista, prospect  II. verb  (~d; landscaping)  Date: 1914  transitive verb to modify or ornament (a natural ~) by altering the plant cover  intransitive verb to engage in ~ gardening  • ~r noun