sinistrorsely

sin·is·trorse (s

-strôrs

)

adj.

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

[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.]

sinis·trorsely adv.

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.

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"

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dextrorse Sinistrorsal	The Rauvolfioideae typically have the corolla lobes sinistrorsely contorted in bud, the anthers are mostly unspecialized and free from the style head, and there is a broad array of fruit and seed types, although the seeds are almost always ecomose. A Revised Classification of the Apocynaceae s.l by ENDRESS, MARY E.; BRUYNS, PETER V. / The Botanical Review Corolla 4-5 [-12 (Blackstonia)]-merous; connate, usually with a short to long tube (Tachiadenus), usually plicate at sinuses; occasionally produced into spurs (Halenia); usually convolute, occasionally sinistrorsely contorted (Halenia) or imbricate (Obolaria); often with scales or nectary-pits within; rarely with coronas. A consensus classification for the order Gentianales with additional ... by Nicholas, A.; Baijnath, H. / The Botanical Review	sinh Sinhailien Sinhala Sinhalese Sinic Sinical Sinicism Sinicize Sinify Sinigrin Sining sinister Sinister aspect Sinister base Sinister-handed sinisterly Sinistrad sinistral sinistrality Sinistrally Sinistrin sinistrodextral sinistrogyration Sinistrorsal sinistrorse sinistrorsely sinistrous Sinistrously Sinitic Sinitic language sink sink away Sink hole sink in sink unit sinkable sinkage sinker Sinker bar sinkerball sinkhole Sinkiang Sinkiang Uighur Sinkiang-Uighur Autonomous Region sinking sinking feeling sinking fund Sinking head Sinking pump sinking spell sinless	Sinistral fault sinistral fold sinistral stair sinistrality sinistrality sinistrality sinistrally sinistrally Sinistrals Sinistrals sinistraural Sinistre andouille Sinistrin sinistro- sinistrocardia sinistrocardia sinistrocerebral sinistrocerebral sinistrocerebral sinistrocular sinistrocularity sinistrodextral sinistrogyration sinistrogyration sinistromanual sinistropedal sinistrorsal sinistrorse sinistrorse sinistrorse curve sinistrorsely sinistrorsum sinistrotorsion sinistrous sinistrous sinistrously sinistrously Sinitic Sinitic Sinitic language Sinitic languages Sinitsyn, Ivan Sinitsyn, Ivan Flegontovich Sinitta Siniukha SINIX Sinja Sinja Sinjaq Sinjiapo Sinjiapo Sinjin Sinjin Sinjska Alka sink sink sink sink sink sink Sink (computing)

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Sinistrorsal

The Rauvolfioideae typically have the corolla lobes sinistrorsely contorted in bud, the anthers are mostly unspecialized and free from the style head, and there is a broad array of fruit and seed types, although the seeds are almost always ecomose.

A Revised Classification of the Apocynaceae s.l by ENDRESS, MARY E.; BRUYNS, PETER V. / The Botanical Review

Corolla 4-5 [-12 (Blackstonia)]-merous; connate, usually with a short to long tube (Tachiadenus), usually plicate at sinuses; occasionally produced into spurs (Halenia); usually convolute, occasionally sinistrorsely contorted (Halenia) or imbricate (Obolaria); often with scales or nectary-pits within; rarely with coronas.

A consensus classification for the order Gentianales with additional ... by Nicholas, A.; Baijnath, H. / The Botanical Review

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