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Sinistrorsal

Sinistrorsal Meaning & Definition
Sinistrorsal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sinistrorsal?

[adj] (botany) spiraling upward from right to left; "sinistrorse vines"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sinistrorsal: sinistral | sinistrorse

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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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