Dictionary Check: andromeda

(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

broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers

a constellation in the Northern Hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy

any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers