About The Word Sinistrorsal

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Sinistrorsal

Sinistrorsal Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Sinistrorsal?
[adj] (botany) spiraling upward from right to left; "sinistrorse vines"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Sinistrorsal: sinistral | sinistrorse Related Terms | Find terms related to Sinistrorsal: See Also | Sinistrorsal In Webster's Dictionary \Sin`is*tror"sal\, a. [L. sinistrorsus,
sinistroversus, turned toward the left side; sinister left +
vertere, vortere, versum, vorsum, to turn.]
Rising spirally from right to left (of the spectator);
sinistrorse.
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