sinistrorse (redirected from sinistrorsely)

sin·is·trorse  (sn-strôrs)

adj.

Growing upward in a spiral that turns from right to left: a sinistrorse vine.

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[Latin sinistrrsus, turned toward the left, contraction of *sinistrversus : sinistr, toward the left, from ablative of sinister, left + vorsus, past participle of vortere, variant of vertere, to turn; see wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

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sinis·trorsely adv.

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sinistrorse [ˈsɪnɪˌstrɔːs ˌsɪnɪˈstrɔːs]

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of some climbing plants) growing upwards in a spiral from right to left, or clockwise Compare dextrorse

[from Latin sinistrōrsus turned towards the left, from sinister on the left + vertere to turn]

sinistrorsal  adj

sinistrorsely  adv

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Adj.

1.

sinistrorse - spiraling upward from right to left; "sinistrorse vines" sinistrorsal phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants sinistral - of or on the left; "a sinistral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the left when facing the observer"; "a sinistral flatfish lies with the left eye uppermost"