sinistrorse

• Adjectif désuet ou technique décrivant ce qui tourne ou s'enroule vers la gauche, notamment en botanique.

An obsolete adjective describing something that turns or spirals to the left, especially in botanical contexts.

1. Spiraling upward from right to leftC2formal

   Describes a plant stem or other structure that twists or coils in a left-handed or counterclockwise direction as it grows upward.

   sinistrorse

   • The sinistrorse vine wrapped around the tree trunk.
   • Botanists noted the sinistrorse pattern of the climbing plant.
   • The shell of the snail was sinistrorse, a rare genetic variation.

   Synonymesanticlockwisecounterclockwiseleft-handedlevorotatory

   Antonymesdextrorse