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Dextrorsal

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Same as dextrorse.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Turning from the left to the right, in the ascending line, as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the common morning-glory.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. spiraling upward from left to right
  • Word Usage
    "Though the bean always insists on a sinistrorsal growth, as B, the hop prefers to climb in a dextrorsal manner, as A."
    Equivalent