dextrorse

• Termo botânico antigo que descreve um caule ou parte de planta que se enrola ou torce para a direita, ou seja, no sentido horário quando visto de cima.

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.

   Dextrorso

   • 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.

   Sinônimosclockwisedextraldextrorotatoryright-handed

   Antônimossinistrorse