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Webster 1913 Edition
Andromeda
An-drom′e-da
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Andromeda
ANDROM'EDA
,Noun.
1.
A northern constellation, behind Pegasus, Cassiopeia and Perseus, representing the figure of a woman chained. The stars in this constellation, in Ptolemy's catalogue, are 23; in Tycho's 22; in Bayer's 27; in Flamsted's 84.2.
The name of a celebrated tragedy of Euripides, now lost.Definition 2024
Andromeda
Andromeda
Translingual
Etymology
Latin Andromeda, from Ancient Greek Άνδρομέδη (Ándromédē, “mindful of her husband”)
Proper noun
Andromeda f
- Pieris.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae - bog rosemary.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Ericaceae): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Ericaceae - family; Vaccinioideae - subfamily; Andromedeae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus in Ericaceae): Andromeda glaucophylla, Andromeda polifolia
English
Andromeda Chained to the Rock by the Nereids, by Théodore Chassériau, 1840
Andromeda constellation map
Andromeda galaxy in infrared
Proper noun
Andromeda
- (Greek mythology) The daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of Eritrea, rescued from her sacrifice to a sea monster by Perseus who married her; mother of Perses, ancient king of Persia.
- (astronomy) An autumn constellation of the northern sky representing the "Chained Lady" Andromeda from Greek myth. The constellation lies between Pisces and Cassiopeia.
- (astronomy) Andromeda Galaxy, the nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way; M31.
Derived terms
Translations
mythical daughter of Cepheus
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constellation
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spiral galaxy
See also
Finnish
Proper noun
Andromeda
Declension
| Inflection of Andromeda (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Andromeda | — | |
| genitive | Andromedan | — | |
| partitive | Andromedaa | — | |
| illative | Andromedaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Andromeda | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Andromeda | — |
| gen. | Andromedan | ||
| genitive | Andromedan | — | |
| partitive | Andromedaa | — | |
| inessive | Andromedassa | — | |
| elative | Andromedasta | — | |
| illative | Andromedaan | — | |
| adessive | Andromedalla | — | |
| ablative | Andromedalta | — | |
| allative | Andromedalle | — | |
| essive | Andromedana | — | |
| translative | Andromedaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Andromedatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
andromeda
andromeda
English
Pieris japonica
Bog rosemary (Andromeda polifolia)
Noun
andromeda (countable and uncountable, plural andromedas)
- Any shrub of the genus Pieris (family Ericaceae), having leathery leaves and small flowers.
- Bog rosemary.
Derived terms
See also
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andromeda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Pieris (Ericaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- andromeda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies