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dextrorse

dext·rorse

uncommon

adjective

1.

spiraling upward from left to right

  • “dextrorse vines”
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Origin

From Latin dextrorsum, contracted from dextrovorsum, dextroversum (“toward the right side”), from dexter (“right”) + versus, vorsus, past participle of vertere, vortere (“to turn”).

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