andromeda (n.)

  1. broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers

    [ Syn: japanese andromeda , lily-of-the-valley tree , pieris japonica ]

  2. any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers

  3. (Greek mythology) an Ethiopian princess and daughter of Cassiopeia; she was fastened to a rock and exposed to a sea monster that was sent by Poseidon, but she was rescued by Perseus and became his wife

    [ Syn: andromeda ]

  4. a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy

    [ Syn: andromeda ]

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