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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Andromeda \An*drom"e*da\, n. [L., fr Gr ?, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia. When bound to a rock and exposed to a sea monster, she was delivered by Perseus.] 1. (Astron.) A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda. 2. (bot.) A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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: a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda Galaxy [syn: {Andromeda}]
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