Tributary

Meaning

Noun

●

In Hydrology & Rivers:

A natural water

that

into a

or other body of water.

●

In Anatomy:

which

into a another

●

, state, or other

that

tribute.

Adj

●

Related to the

paying

of tribute.

●

subordinate; inferior

●

Yielding

of any kind;

to form or

, a

of the same kind, as a part,

branch

, etc.; contributing.

Sourced from

Wiktionary

Origin

tributary

English

tributarie

Middle English (1100-1500)

tributarius

Latin

Sourced from

Etym

Antonyms

Distributary

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