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dextrorsal |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dextrorsal \Dex*tror"sal\, Dextrorse \Dex"trorse`\, a. [L. dextrorsum contr. fr dextrovorsum dextroversum toward the right side dexter right + versus, vorsus, p. p. of vertere vortere to turn.] Turning from the left to the right in the ascending line as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the common morning-gl['o]ry. Note: At present scientists predicate dextrorse or sinistrorse quality of the plant regarded objectively; formerly the plant was regarded subjectively, and what is now called dextrorse was then considered sinistrorse. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dextrorsal adj : (botany) spiraling upward from left to right "dextrorse vines" [syn: {dextrorse}]
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