Topic: word of the day: riparian
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riparian --Merriam-Webster
adjective
ri·par·i·an rə-ˈper-ē-ən
rī-
: relating to or living or located on the bank of a natural watercourse (such as a river) or sometimes of a lake or a tidewater
riparian trees
Etymology
Latin riparius — more at river...
Middle English rivere, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *riparia, from Latin, feminine of riparius riparian, from ripa bank, shore; perhaps akin to Greek ereipein to tear down
First Known Use
1807, in the meaning defined above
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