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Record 1 2016-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Botany
DEF

Turned to the right or spirally arranged to the right, as in the leaves on some stems.

OBS

dextrorse: Used by botanists in two opposite senses. The earlier authors, Linnæus, the de Candolles, etc., used it as "to the right-hand of the observer"; modern botanists generally use it as "to the right hand of the plant, or of a person round whom the plant might be twining," which is to the left of the external observer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Botanique
DEF

Qui tourne vers la droite, en spirale, dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre (p. ex. disposition de feuilles sur une tige).

CONT

Les plantes volubiles dextrorses [...] sont peu nombreuses [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
  • Botánica
DEF

Que gira hacia la derecha.

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