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dextrorse
dex·trorse D0188000 (dĕk′strôrs′)adj. Botany Growing upward in a spiral that turns from left to right: a dextrorse vine.
[Latin dextrōrsus, from dextrōvorsus, turning toward the right : dexter, right; see dextro- + versus, past participle of vertere, to turn; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]dextrorse (ˈdɛkstrɔːs; dɛkˈstrɔːs) or dextrorsaladj (Botany) (of some climbing plants) growing upwards in a helix from left to right or anticlockwise. Compare sinistrorse[C19: from Latin dextrorsum towards the right, from dextro- + vorsus turned, variant of versus, from vertere to turn] ˈdextrorsely advdex•trorse (ˈdɛk strɔrs, dɛkˈstrɔrs)
adj. twining in a clockwise direction from the base. [1860–65; < Latin dextrorsum toward the right, earlier dextrōvorsum=dextrō- to the right (see dexter) + vorsum, acc. of vorsus, variant of versus, past participle of vertere to turn] dex′trorse•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | dextrorse - spiraling upward from left to right; "dextrorse vines"dextrorsalphytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plantsdextral - of or on the right; "a dextral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the right when facing the observer"; "a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye uppermost" |
dextrorse
dextrorse[′dek‚strȯrs] (botany) Twining toward the right. dextrorse
Related to dextrorse: dextroseSynonyms for dextrorseadj spiraling upward from left to rightSynonymsRelated Words |