dextrorse

== English == === Etymology === From Latin dextrorsum, contracted from dextrovorsum, dextroversum (“toward the right side”), from dexter (“right”) + versus, vorsus, past participle of vertere, vortere (“to turn”). === Pronunciation === === Adjective === dextrorse (not comparable) Growing in a pattern that spirals clockwise around a central support; turning to the right when growing taller. (geometry) Having a negative torsion. ==== Usage notes ==== Originally, the meaning of dextrorse, in botany, meant turning to the right where "right" was interpreted from the point of view of the plant. That meaning later shifted to interpret "right" from the point of view of the observer. ==== Antonyms ==== sinistrorse ==== Derived terms ====