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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream; "riparian land"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin riparius — more at river Date: circa 1841 relating to or living or located on the bank of a natural watercourse (as a river) or sometimes of a lake or a tidewater <riparian trees>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. esp. Law --adj. of or on a river-bank (riparian rights). --n. an owner of property on a river-bank. Etymology: L riparius f. ripa bank

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Riparian Ri*pa"ri*an, a. [L. riparius, fr. ripa a bank. See River, and cf. Arrive.] Of or pertaining to the bank of a river; as, riparian rights.