Andromeda - Definition

n 1: broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and
drooping clusters of white flowers [syn: andromeda,
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: (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: a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia
and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy