noun
- Broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers.
- synonyms: Japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, Pieris japonica
- Any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers.
- 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)
- A constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy. .
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