Sinistrorse

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sinistrorse \Sin"is*trorse`\, a. [See {Sinistrolsal}.]
     Turning to the left (of the spectator) in the ascending line;
     -- the opposite of dextrorse. See {Dextrorse}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  sinistrorse
       adj : spiraling upward from right to left; "sinistrorse vines"
             [syn: {sinistrorsal}]