noun
- A splendid assemblage (especially of famous people. )
- Tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall.
- synonyms: galax, wandflower, beetleweed, coltsfoot, Galax urceolata
- Astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust. (
- usage: "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'"
- synonyms: extragalactic nebula
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