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ANDROMEDA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("andromeda" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "andromeda"):
Andromeda glaucophylla; bog rosemary; moorwort (wiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of wet acidic areas in Arctic and Canada to northeastern United States)
Andromeda polifolia; common bog rosemary; marsh andromeda (erect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of sphagnum peat bogs and other wet acidic areas in northern Europe)
Holonyms ("andromeda" is a member of...):
genus Andromeda (low-growing shrubs of northern regions of northern hemisphere)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers
Synonyms:
andromeda; Japanese andromeda; lily-of-the-valley tree; Pieris japonica
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("andromeda" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("andromeda" is a member of...):
genus Pieris; Pieris (decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines)
