opposite
adjective
situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing.
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Leaves on the primary axis all compound; 1 to 4 pairs of opposite or subopposite reduced scales or buds sometimes present on the lower axis but above the cotyledons.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 by Northern Nut Growers Association