sinistrorsal

1. 1.

   spiraling upward from right to left

   “sinistrorse vines”

   Synonymssinistrorse

   Similarsinistral

   botany

Questions about sinistrorsal

What does sinistrorsal mean?

sinistrorsal means "spiraling upward from right to left".

How many syllables are in sinistrorsal?

sinistrorsal has 4 syllables and divides as si-ni-stror-sal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sinistrorsal?

Close synonyms include sinistrorse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.