Antitropal

/ˌæntiˈtroʊpəl/ adjective

Positioned or oriented in the opposite direction to something else, especially in botanical structures where parts face opposite ways.

From anti- (opposite) + tropal (from Greek tropos, meaning turn or direction). The term developed in botanical terminology to describe organs or structures that grow in reversed orientations compared to similar parts.

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