sinistrorse

• Adjetivo usado em botânica para descrever estruturas que se enrolam ou giram para a esquerda, subindo em sentido anti-horário quando vistas de cima.

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.

   Sinistrorso

   • 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.

   Sinônimosanticlockwisecounterclockwiseleft-handedlevorotatory

   Antônimosdextrorse