andromeda
1. [ noun ] (botany) any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers
Related terms: shrub bog_rosemary marsh_andromeda genus_Andromeda
2. [ noun ] (botany) broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers
Synonyms: lily-of-the-valley_tree Pieris_japonica Japanese_andromeda
Related terms: shrub Pieris
3. [ noun ] (astronomy) a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda Galaxy
Related terms: constellation
Similar spelling:   android
  Andrada
  anteroom
  androphobia
  anhydride
  androgyne
  anthropoidal
  androglossia
  antrum
  Antrim
  Andros
  Andree
  anadromous
  anthropoid
  androecium
  Andrenidae
  Andrade
  andiron