riparian
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rīpārius (“relating to a riverbank”) + -an.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
riparian (comparative more riparian, superlative most riparian)
- Of or relating to the bank of a river or stream.
- 2011, Jim Perrin, The Guardian, 28 May 2011:
- A kingfisher, an airborne jewel, whirrs past, stickleback in its beak, and disappears into a thicket of riparian willow.
- 2013 January, Nancy Langston, “The Fraught History of a Watery World”, in American Scientist[1], volume 101, number 1, page 59:
- European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.
- 2011, Jim Perrin, The Guardian, 28 May 2011:
Derived terms
Translations
of or pertaining to a riverbank
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See also
Noun
riparian (plural riparians)