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Dextrorse
{
Dex-tror′sal
,Dex′trorseˊ
, }Adj.
[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☞ 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.