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Definition of "sinistrorsal" []

  • Rising spirally from right to left (of the observer); sinistrorse. (adjective)

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Use "sinistrorsal" in a sentence
  • "Though the bean always insists on a sinistrorsal growth, as B, the hop prefers to climb in a dextrorsal manner, as A."
  • "Other plants twining spirally around an axis from right to left are called sinistrorse or sinistrorsal."
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