Sinistrorse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Growing upward in a spiral that turns from right to left: a sinistrorse vine.
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  • adj. Turning to the left (of the observer) in the ascending line.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Turning to the left (of the spectator) in the ascending line; -- the opposite of dextrorse. See dextrorse.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Turned or turning to the left; directed sinistrad; sinistrorsal: same as sinistral, but implying motion or direction rather than rest or position.
  • In botany, rising from left to right, as a climbing plant. For the antagonistic senses in which dextrorse and consequently its opposite sinistrorse are used, see dextrorse.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. spiraling upward from right to left
    • Equivalent
    sinistral   
    Variant
    dextrorse   
     
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