From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
scenery
n 1: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to
suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night
painting the scenery" [syn: scene]
2: the appearance of a place
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Scenery \Scen"er*y\, n.
1. Assemblage of scenes; the paintings and hangings
representing the scenes of a play; the disposition and
arrangement of the scenes in which the action of a play,
poem, etc., is laid; representation of place of action or
occurence.
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2. Sum of scenes or views; general aspect, as regards variety
and beauty or the reverse, in a landscape; combination of
natural views, as woods, hills, etc.
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Never need an American look beyond his own country
for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery.
--W. Irving.
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