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Definition of 'Andromeda' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (gen.) Andromeda
(in Greek myth) the daughter of Cassiopeia and wife of Perseus, by whom she had been rescued from a sea monster.

2.  Andromeda
a northern constellation between Pisces and Cassiopeia.

3.  Andromeda
(l.c.) any of several flowering evergreen shrubs of the genera Andromeda and Pieris, of the heath family.
Definition of 'Andromeda' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) andromeda, Japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, Pieris japonica
broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers

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

3. (noun) Andromeda
(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

4. (noun) Andromeda
a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy
Definition of 'Andromeda' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Andromeda
a northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda

2. (noun) Andromeda
a genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water

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