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Meaning of SINISTRORSE

Pronunciation:  'sini`strors

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (botany) spiraling upward from right to left; "sinistrorse vines"
 
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 Synonyms: sinistral, sinistrorsal
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sin"is*trorse`\, a. [See {Sinistrolsal}.]
Turning to the left (of the spectator) in the ascending line;
-- the opposite of dextrorse. See {Dextrorse}.
 

 

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