'Dextrorsal' definitions:
Definition of 'dextrorsal'
From: WordNet
adjective
Spiraling upward from left to right; "dextrorse vines" [syn: dextrorse, dextrorsal]
Definition of 'Dextrorsal'
From: GCIDE
- Dextrorsal \Dex*tror"sal\, Dextrorse \Dex"trorse`\, a. [L. dextrorsum, contr. fr. dextrovorsum, dextroversum, toward the right side; dexter right + versus, vorsus, p. p. of vertere, vortere, to turn.] (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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]