sinistrorse

[ sin-uh-strawrs, si-nis-trawrs, sin-uh-strawrs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Botany.

(from a point of view at the center of the spiral) rising spirally in a counterclockwise manner, as a stem ( dextrorse ).

sinistrorse

/ ˌsɪnɪˈstrɔːs; ˈsɪnɪˌstrɔːs /

(of some climbing plants) growing upwards in a spiral from right to left, or clockwise Compare dextrorse

sin·is·trorse·ly [sin, -, uh, -strawrs-lee, sin-, uh, -, strawrs, -], adverb

1855–60; < Latin sinistrōrsus literally, turned leftwards, contraction of *sinistriversus. See sinister, versus

C19: from Latin sinistrōrsus turned towards the left, from sinister on the left + vertere to turn

Sinistrorse, sin′is-trors, adj. rising from left to right, as a spiral line.

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