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Definition of: sinistrorse
(sin′is·trôrs, sin′is·trôrs′) adjective
1. Sinistral.
2. Twined or twining from right to left, as the hop. Compare DEXTRORSE. [<L sinistrorsus, contraction of sinistroversus turned toward the left side <sinister left + versum turned, pp. of vertere]
—sin′is·tror′sal adjective
—sin′is·tror′sal·ly adverb
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