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Riparious
//rɪˈpɛəɹi.əs// adj
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Adjective
- 1 Growing or living along the banks of rivers dated, not-comparable
"Of these, 18 (or 3 per cent.) are aquatic, 84 (or 14 per cent.) riparious or marshy, 65 ( or 11 per cent.) annuals in fields, of which 22 are found in the spring crops or "rubby.""
- 2 Pertaining to riverfront property. Louisiana, archaic, not-comparable
"It was Settled at that period, that alluvions must belong to the riparious owner , according to this natural maxim, that the profit belongs to him who is exposed to suffer the damage, with which riparious property is threatened, no more than any other."
Etymology
Latin riparius.
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