riparian
adjective/raɪˈpeəriən/
/raɪˈperiən/
[usually before noun]- (specialist) growing in, living in, or relating to areas of wet land near to a river or stream
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- (law) on, near or relating to the bank of a river
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin riparius (from ripa ‘bank’) + -an.
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