dextrorsal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite spiraling upward from left to right
    dextrorse.
    • dextrorse vines

WordNet

Dex*tror"sal, Dex"trorse` adjective (Also<
  • Dextrorsal
  • Dextrorse
)
Etymology
L. dextrorsum, contr. fr. dextrovorsum, dextroversum, toward the right side; dexter right + versus, vorsus, p. p. of vertere, vortere, to turn.
Definitions
  1. Turning from the left to the right, in the ascending line, as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the common morning-glóry. ✍ At present scientists predicate dextrorse or sinistrorse quality of the plant regarded objectively; formerly the plant was regarded subjectively, and what is now called dextrorse was then considered sinistrorse.

Webster 1913