dextrorse

[ 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

Derived Forms

• ˈdextrorsely, adverb

Other Words From

• dex·trorse·ly 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