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SINISTRORSAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sinistrorsal mean?
• SINISTRORSAL (adjective)
The adjective SINISTRORSAL has 1 sense:
1. spiraling upward from right to left
Familiarity information: SINISTRORSAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spiraling upward from right to left
Synonyms:
sinistrorsal; sinistrorse
Context example:
sinistrorse vines
Similar:
sinistral (of or on the left)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
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