Other plants twining spirally around an axis from right to left are called sinistrorse or sinistrorsal. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3] Reference
Though the bean always insists on a sinistrorsal growth, as B, the hop prefers to climb in a dextrorsal manner, as A. From Wordnik.com. [Amusements in Mathematics] Reference
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