Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
dextrorse .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Botany) Turning from the left to the right, in the ascending line, as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the common morning-glory.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective spiraling upward from left to right
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Examples
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Though the bean always insists on a sinistrorsal growth, as B, the hop prefers to climb in a dextrorsal manner, as A.
Amusements in Mathematics Henry Ernest Dudeney 1893
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Rational Review 2009
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Dextrose and dextrorsal are botanical words referring to climbing plants which twine upwards in a spiral from left to right.
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