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Dextrorsal

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Dex`tror´sal
a.1.(Botany) Turning from the left to the right, in the ascending line, as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the common morning-glory; as, dextrorse vines.
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Adj.1.dextrorsal - spiraling upward from left to right; "dextrorse vines"
phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants
dextral - of or on the right; "a dextral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the right when facing the observer"; "a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye uppermost"


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