Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
sinistrorse. G. Johnston , tr. of Cuvier's Règne Animal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Rising spirally from right to left (of the spectator); sinistrorse.
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- adjective
Rising spirally fromright toleft (of the observer);sinistrorse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective spiraling upward from right to left
Etymologies
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Latin sinistrorsus, sinistroversus, turned toward the left side; sinister left + vertere, vortere, versum, vorsum, to turn.
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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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Other plants twining spirally around an axis from right to left are called sinistrorse or sinistrorsal.
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