Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand;
esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the
right hand; as, dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc. Cf. Levorotatory.
A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs, etc., made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps from other fibrous tropical leaves. It is delicate, soft, and transparent, w...