dextrorse

Also dex·tror·sal

[dek-strawrs, dek-strawrs]

adjective

Botany.

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

dextrorse

/ dɛkˈstrɔːs, dɛkˈstrɔːsəl, ˈdɛkstrɔːs /

adjective

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

Other Word Forms

• dextrorsely adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of dextrorse¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of dextrorse¹

C19: from Latin dextrorsum towards the right, from _dextro- + vorsus turned, variant of versus, from vertere to turn

Example Sentences

Dextrorse, turned to the right hand.

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Adj. dextral, right-handed; dexter, dextrorsal†, dextrorse†; ambidextral†, ambidextrous; dextro-.

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