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sinistrorse

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Adjective
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sin=is=trorse

CIDE DICTIONARY

sinistrorsea. [See Sinistrolsal.].
     Turning to the left (of the spectator) in the ascending line; -- the opposite of dextrorse. See Dextrorse.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sinistrorse, adj. rising towards the left, esp. of the spiral stem of a plant.

Etymology
L sinistrorsus f. sinister left + vorsus past part. of vertere turn

ROGET THESAURUS

sinistrorse

Sinistrality

N sinistrality, left, left hand, a gauche, sinister, nearside, larboard, port, left-handed, sinister, sinistral, sinistrorsal, sinistrorse, sinistrous, laevo-, sinistrally, sinistrously.


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