ANDROMEDA
a bog rosemary, especially (marsh andromeda) the common bog rosemary.
an ethiopian princess whose mother cassiopeia boasted that she herself (or, in some stories, her daughter) was more beautiful than the nereids. in revenge poseidon sent a sea monster to ravage the country; to placate him andromeda was fastened to a rock and exposed to the monster, from which she was rescued by perseus.
a large northern constellation between perseus and pegasus, with few bright stars. it is chiefly notable for the andromeda galaxy (or great nebula of andromeda), a conspicuous spiral galaxy probably twice as massive as our own and located two million light years away.
used with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation andromeda
an ethiopian princess whose mother cassiopeia boasted that she herself (or, in some stories, her daughter) was more beautiful than the nereids. in revenge poseidon sent a sea monster to ravage the country; to placate him andromeda was fastened to a rock and exposed to the monster, from which she was rescued by perseus.
a large northern constellation between perseus and pegasus, with few bright stars. it is chiefly notable for the andromeda galaxy (or great nebula of andromeda), a conspicuous spiral galaxy probably twice as massive as our own and located two million light years away.
used with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation andromeda