galaxy
Nouns
- (n) a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people)
- (n) tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall beetleweed, coltsfoot, galax, Galax urceolata, wandflower,
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(n) (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust
- "extragalactic nebula" is a former name for "galaxy"