andromeda

(noun)

noun

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

Definition categories: plant, bush, shrub

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

Definition categories: plant, bush, shrub

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

Definition categories: person

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

Definition categories: object