dextrorse

UK: /ˈdɛkstrɔːs/, /dɛkˈstrɔːs/

US: (dek′strôrs, dek strôrs′)

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dex•trorse  (dek′strôrs, dek strôrs′), adj. [Bot.]

1. Botany (of a climbing plant) rising helically from right to left, as seen from outside the helix (opposed to sinistrorse).

Also, dex•tror′sal. 

• Latin dextrorsum toward the right, earlier dextrōvorsum, equivalent. to dextrō- to the right (see dexter) + vorsum, accusative of vorsus, variant of versus, past participle of vertere to turn
• 1860–65

dex′trorse•ly, adv. 

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dextrorse / ˈdɛkstrɔːs dɛkˈstrɔːs/, dextrorsal / dɛkˈstrɔːs^əl/ adjective

1. (of some climbing plants) growing upwards in a helix from left to right or anticlockwise
   Compare sinistrorse

Etymology: 19th Century: from Latin dextrorsum towards the right, from dextro- + vorsus turned, variant of versus, from vertere to turn

ˈdextrorsely adverb