sinistrorsal Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Sin`is*tror"sal adjective
Etymology
L.sinistrorsus, sinistroversus, turned toward the left side; sinister left + vertere, vortere, versum, vorsum, to turn.
Definitions
  1. Rising spirally from right to left (of the spectator); sinistrorse.

Webster 1913