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Sinistrorsal

Sin`is*tror"sal\, a. [L. sinistrorsus, sinistroversus, turned toward the left side; sinister left + vertere, vortere, versum, vorsum, to turn.] Rising spirally from right to left (of the spectator); sinistrorse.
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sinistrorsal

adjective
spiraling upward from right to left; "sinistrorse vines" [syn: sinistrorse
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