sinistrorse
adjective
(from a point of view at the center of the spiral) rising spirally in a counterclockwise manner, as a stem (opposed to dextrorse).
sinistrorsal
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a word derived from
sinistrorse.
Example Sentences
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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. Why, is one of the mysteries that Nature has not yet unfolded.
From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney
