andromeda : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: andromeda	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for andromeda
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
andromeda n broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers Synonym(s): andromeda, 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Andromeda \Androm"eda\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia. When bound to a rock and exposed to a sea monster, she was delivered by Perseus.] 1. (Astron.) A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda. 2. (bot.) A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water.