Dex·tror·sal Dex·trorse a. Botany Turning from the left to the right, in the ascending line, as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the common morning-glory; as, dextrorse vines.
Note: ☞ At present scientists predicate dextrorse or sinistrorse quality of the plant regarded objectively; formerly the plant was regarded subjectively, and what is now called dextrorse was then considered sinistrorse.
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dextrorsal
adj : spiraling upward from left to right; "dextrorse vines" [syn:
dextrorse]