dextrorse

American

[dek-strawrs, dek-strawrs] / ˈdɛk strɔrs, dɛkˈstrɔrs /

Also dextrorsal

adjective

Botany.

(of a climbing plant) rising helically from right to left, as seen from outside the helix (opposed to sinistrorse).

dextrorse British

/ dɛkˈstrɔːs, ˈdɛkstrɔːs /

adjective

(of some climbing plants) growing upwards in a helix from left to right or anticlockwise Compare sinistrorse

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Other Word Forms

dextrorsely

adverb

Etymology

Origin of dextrorse

1860–65; < Latin dextrorsum toward the right, earlier dextrōvorsum, equivalent to dextrō- to the right ( see dexter) + vorsum, accusative of vorsus, variant of versus, past participle of vertere to turn

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