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Meaning of andromeda

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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