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sinistrorsal

si·nist·ror·sal

uncommon

adjective

1.

spiraling upward from right to left

  • “sinistrorse vines”
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Origin

From Latin sinistrorsus, sinistroversus (“turned toward the left side”), from sinister (“left”) + vertere, vortere, versum, vorsum (“to turn”).

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