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andromeda
noun(an-drom-e-da)broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers
Synonyms: japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, pieris japonica,
andromeda
noun(an-drom-e-da)a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy
andromeda
noun(an-drom-e-da)any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers
andromeda
noun(an-drom-e-da)(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