Antidromous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Antidromous \An*tid"ro*mous\ ([a^]n*t[i^]d"r[-o]*m[u^]s), a.
     [Pref. anti- + Gr. dro`mos a running.] (Bot.)
     Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a
     stem.
     [1913 Webster]