Definition of "antipodal" []

• Of, relating to, or situated on the opposite side or sides of the earth: Australia and Great Britain occupy antipodal regions. (adjective)
• Diametrically opposed; exactly opposite. (adjective)

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• "The three cells at the opposite end are known as antipodal cells and become invested with a cell-wall."
• "At the top of this macrospore or embryo-sac two or three germinal vesicles are formed by free cell formation, and also two or three cells called antipodal cells, since they travel to the other end of the embryo-sac; these latter represent a rudimentary prothallium."
• "There is also the antipodal farthest point from everyone on Earth."