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Definition of: dextrorse
(dek′strôrs, dek·strôrs′) adjective Bot.
Rising spirally toward the right: opposed to sinistrorse; said of the morning–glory. Also dex·tror′sal. [<L dextrorsum, dextrovorsum <dexter right + vertere turn]
—dex′·trorse·ly adverb
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