antipodal

antipodal
/an tip"euh dl/, adj.
1. Geog. on the opposite side of the globe; pertaining to the antipodes.
2. diametrically opposite: twin brothers with antipodal personalities.
3. Bot. (in a developing ovule) of or at the end opposite to the micropyle: antipodal nuclei.
[1640-50; ANTIPODE + -AL1]

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