adj. Botany Growing upward in a spiral that turns from left to right: a dextrorse vine. [Latin dextrōrsus, from dextrōvorsus, turning toward the right : dexter, right; see DEXTRO- + versus, past participle of vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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