dextrorse
dextrorse adjective: growing in a pattern that spirals clockwise around a central support; turning to the right when growing taller.
Adjective
dextrorse (not comparable)
- Growing in a pattern that spirals clockwise around a central support; turning to the right when growing taller.
- They are arranged in distinct dextrorse spirals, and are about one length apart.1907, John Arthur Thomson, William Dawson Henderson, James Ritchie, Studies on Alcyonarians and Antipatharians, page 9
- Here it is important to note whether theoverlapping is from right to left, Dextrorse (Fig. 125), or the reverse, Sinsitrorse (Fig. 124).1911, Henry Hurd Rusby, A Manual of Structural Botany, page 60
- Having a negative torsion.
dextrorse meaning in Tamil
dextrorse in Tamil
- இடமிருந்து வலமாக முறுக்கிய கொடிகள்
Antonyms of dextrorse
Origin of dextrorse
From Latin dextrorsum, contracted from dextrovorsum, dextroversum (“toward the right side”), from dexter (“right”) + versus, vorsus, past participle of vertere, vortere (“to turn”).
Words formed from dextrorse
Questions about dextrorse
- What does dextrorse mean?
- Dextrorse means growing in a pattern that spirals clockwise around a central support; turning to the right when growing taller.
- What is dextrorse in Tamil?
- Dextrorse in Tamil is இடமிருந்து வலமாக முறுக்கிய கொடிகள். See Dextrorse meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dextrorse?
- Dextrorse is an adjective.
Words near dextrorse in the dictionary
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