andromeda

¹ American  

[an-drom-i-duh] / ænˈdrɒm ɪ də /

noun

1. Japanese andromeda.

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Andromeda ² American  

[an-drom-i-duh] / ænˈdrɒm ɪ də /

noun

genitive

Andromedae

1. Classical Mythology. an Ethiopian princess, the daughter of Cassiopeia and wife of Perseus, by whom she had been rescued from a sea monster.

2. Astronomy. the Chained Lady, a northern constellation between Pisces and Cassiopeia.

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Andromeda ¹ British  

/ ænˈdrɒmɪdə /

noun

1. a constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Cassiopeia and Pegasus, the three brightest stars being of the second magnitude. It contains the Andromeda Galaxy a spiral galaxy 2.2 million light years away

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Andromeda ² British  

/ ænˈdrɒmɪdə /

noun

1. Greek myth the daughter of Cassiopeia and wife of Perseus, who saved her from a sea monster

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Andromeda Scientific  

/ ăn-drŏm′ĭ-də /

1. A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Perseus and Pegasus. It contains a spiral-shaped galaxy that, at a distance of 2.2 million light-years, is the farthest celestial object visible to the naked eye.

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Etymology

Origin of andromeda

Special use of Andromeda

Example Sentences

Botany cannot go farther than tell me the names of the shrubs which grow there—the high blueberry, panicled andromeda, lambkill, azalea, and rhodora—all standing in the quaking sphagnum.

From Walking by Thoreau, Henry David

A white andromeda was still in flower on the hillsides, but the rhododendrons were all over.

From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth

Botany cannot go farther than tell me the names of the shrubs which grow there—the high-blueberry, panicled andromeda, lamb-kill, azalea, and rhodora—all standing in the quaking sphagnum.

From Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American by Eliot, Charles William

I see two varieties of euonymus; various low junipers; two sorts of laurel; two of andromeda, and the high-clambering evergreen ivy.

From The Amateur Garden by Cable, George Washington