| riparian | Relating to a ripa; marginal. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| riparian area | An area of land directly influenced by water. An ecosystem that is transitional between land and water ecosystems. Riparian areas usually have visible vegetative or physical characteristics reflecting the influence of water. River sides, lake borders, and marshes are typical riparian areas. (05 Dec 1998) |
| riparian buffer | Riparian areas that are managed to protect the aquatic and riparian ecosystem. A riparian buffer protects water quality and temperature, habitat along the banks, upland habitat for aquatic and riparian species, and some or all of the floodplain. (05 Dec 1998) |
| riparian wetland | <ecology> Riparian vegetation composed primarily of woody hydrophytes (for example, such as willows, alders, cottonwoods, sycamores, box elders, aspens, etc.). (09 Oct 1997) |
| Ripault's sign | <clinical sign> A sign of death, consisting in a permanent change in the shape of the pupil produced by unilateral pressure on the eyeball. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ripault, Louis | <person> French physician, 1807-1856. See: Ripault's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |