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Definition of riparian adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

riparian

adjective

NAmE//rɪˈpɛriən//

[usually before noun]

1(technology) growing in, living in, or relating to areas of wet land near to a river or stream

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2(law) on, near, or relating to the bank of a river

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