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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:

Nouns denoting people

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:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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