Tributary

Definitions

1. A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
2. A vein which drains into another vein.
3. A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.

Equivalents

Examples

“The great saphenous vein is a tributary of the femoral vein.”

“An earneſt Coniuration from the King, / As England was his faithfull Tributary”

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