Sinistrorsal

Sinistrorsal
Sinistrorsal Sin`is*tror"sal, a. [L. sinistrorsus, sinistroversus, turned toward the left side; sinister left + vertere, vortere, versum, vorsum, to turn.] Rising spirally from right to left (of the spectator); sinistrorse. [1913 Webster]

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