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Meaning of DEXTRORSAL

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 Definition: [adj]  (botany) spiraling upward from left to right; "dextrorse vines"
 
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 Synonyms: dextral, dextrorse
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 

 

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