andromeda

¹

[ an-drom-i-duh ]

noun

1. Japanese andromeda.

Andromeda

²

[ an-drom-i-duh ]

noun

, genitive An·drom·e·dae [an-, drom, -i-dee]

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.

Andromeda

¹

/ 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

Andromeda

²

/ ænˈdrɒmɪdə /

noun

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

Andromeda

/ 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of andromeda¹

Special use of Andromeda

Example Sentences

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

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"Among the andromedas," he concluded at last, pronouncing the word firmly, determined not to abandon it.

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

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We there find the family of the alpine rhododendrons, the thibaudias, the andromedas, the vacciniums, and those befarias with resinous leaves, which we have several times compared to the rhododendron of our European Alps.

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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.

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