andromeda

Nouns

  • (n) broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers Japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, Pieris japonica,
  • (n) any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers
  • (n) (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
  • (n) a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy

Synonyms

Japanese andromeda lily-of-the-valley tree Pieris japonica

Words of close approximity

Andromeda galaxy Andromeda glaucophylla Andromeda polifolia