Anticlinal /(ăn`tĭ*klī"nal)/

An·ti·cli·nal

Anticlinal

a.
  1. Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal.
  2. occurring at right angles to the surface of a plant organ. (Bot.)

Phrases & Compounds
Anticlinal line
a line from which strata dip in opposite directions, as from the ridge of a roof.
Anticlinal vertebra
one of the dorsal vertebræ, which in many animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebræ are inclined.

Anticlinal

n.
  1. The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions. (Geol.)