dextrorse

• Terme botanique désignant une tige ou une partie de plante qui s'enroule ou se tord vers la droite (dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre) lorsqu'on la regarde d'en haut.

An obsolete botanical term describing a stem or plant part that twines or spirals to the right (clockwise) when viewed from above.

1. Spiraling upward from left to rightC2formal

   Describes a plant stem or other structure that twists or coils in a clockwise direction as it grows upward.

   dextrorse (sens botanique)

   • The morning glory vine is typically dextrorse in its growth pattern.
   • Botanists noted that the stem was dextrorse, coiling clockwise around the support.
   • The dextrorse twining of the plant allowed it to climb effectively.

   Synonymesclockwisedextraldextrorotatoryright-handed

   Antonymessinistrorse