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sinistrorsal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Rising spirally from right to left (of the observer)
  2. sinistrorse.

Word forms

sinistrorsal

Etymology

From Latin sinistrorsus, sinistroversus (“turned toward the left side”), from sinister (“left”) + vertere, vortere, versum, vorsum (“to turn”).

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