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dextrorse
[ dek-strawrs, dek-strawrs ]
adjective
Botany.
- (of a climbing plant) rising helically from right to left, as seen from outside the helix ( sinistrorse ).
dextrorse
/ d蓻k藞str蓴藧s; d蓻k藞str蓴藧s蓹l; 藞d蓻kstr蓴藧s /
adjective
- (of some climbing plants) growing upwards in a helix from left to right or anticlockwise Compare sinistrorse
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Derived Forms
- 藞诲别虫迟谤辞谤蝉别濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 诲别虫路迟谤辞谤蝉别路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of dextrorse1
1860鈥65; < Latin dextrorsum toward the right, earlier 诲别虫迟谤艒惫辞谤蝉耻尘, equivalent to 诲别虫迟谤艒- to the right ( dexter ) + vorsum, accusative of vorsus, variant of versus, past participle of vertere to turn
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of dextrorse1
C19: from Latin dextrorsum towards the right, from dextro- + vorsus turned, variant of versus, from vertere to turn
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Example Sentences
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Dextrorse, turned to the right hand.
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Adj. dextral, right-handed; dexter, dextrorsal鈥, dextrorse鈥; ambidextral鈥, ambidextrous; dextro-.
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