andromeda Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers
    lily-of-the-valley tree; Pieris japonica; Japanese andromeda.
  2. noun any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers
  3. noun (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. noun a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy

WordNet

An*drom"e*da noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913