Sinistrorse

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  • adjective. Growing upward in a spiral that turns from right to left.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Turned or turning to the left; directed sinistrad; sinistrorsal: same as sinistral, but implying motion or direction rather than rest or position.
  • In botany, rising from left to right, as a climbing plant. For the antagonistic senses in which dextrorse and consequently its opposite sinistrorse are used, see dextrorse.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Turning to the left (of the spectator) in the ascending line; -- the opposite of dextrorse. See dextrorse.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Turning to the left (of the observer) in the ascending line.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. spiraling upward from right to left
    • Word Usage
    "Other plants twining spirally around an axis from right to left are called sinistrorse or sinistrorsal."
    Equivalent
    sinistral  
    variant
    dextrorse  
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