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Definition of Dextrorse
1. Adjective. Spiraling upward from left to right. "Dextrorse vines"
Definition of Dextrorse
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Dextrorse
1. Turning from the left to the right, in the ascending line, as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the common morning-glory. 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. Origin: L. Dextrorsum, contr. Fr. Dextrovorsum, dextroversum, toward the right side; dexter right + versus, vorsus, p. P. Of vertere, vortere, to turn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dextrorse
Literary usage of Dextrorse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"The result of this is to reverse the terms, for a dextrorse climbing plant then
seems to pass from right to left, which they then ..."
2. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray (1889)
"... the other calls dextrorse; it is also fitting that the principle of priority
... the second dextrorse ; while to De Candolle, standing within the coil, ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"... of every species of flowering plants, some with a tendency to dextrorse, ...
if twisted, is usually dextrorse, and" the seta in opposite directions ..."
4. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1906)
"... in which the dextrorse asymmetry caused by the presence ... yet it is a fact
that the dextrorse ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"Of every species there appear to be dextrorse and ... In a very large number of
orders the phyllotaxy is dextrorse in one-half and ..."
6. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"... note the reverse directions of the spirals, those at t being dextrorse apd
... disappears at the left, the twiner is called dextrorse (as in the hop). ..."
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