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sinistrorse

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Adjective

HYPHEN

sin=is=trorse

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective sinistrorse has 1 sense

sinistrorse(s = adj.all) sinistrorsal - spiraling upward from right to left; "sinistrorse vines"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

sinistrorse, a. [See Sinistrolsal.].

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

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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

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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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