Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANDROMEDA

n. 1. A northern constellation, behind Pegasus, Cassiopeia and Perseus, representing the figure of a woman chained. The stars in this constellation, in Ptolemy's catalogue, are 23; in Tycho's 22; in Bayer's 27; in Flamsted's 84.
2. The name of a celebrated tragedy of Euripides, now lost.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ANDROMEDA

An *drom "e *da, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

 

1. (Astron.)

 

Defn: A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda.

 

2. (bot. )

 

Defn: A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Andromeda

An drom e da |anˈdrämidə ænˈdrɑmədə | 1 Greek Mythology 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. 2 Astronomy 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 2 million light years away. • (as genitive Andromedae |anˈdrämiˌdē |) used with a preceding letter or numeral to designate stars in this constellation: the star Gamma Andromedae.

 

andromeda

an drom e da |anˈdrämidə ænˈdrɑmədə | ▶noun an evergreen shrub of the heath family, typically with clusters of small bell-like flowers. [Two genera in the family Ericaceae: several species, including the bog rosemary (Andromeda glaucophylla and A. polifolia ) of north temperate regions, and the widely cultivated Japanese andromeda (Pieris japonica ).]

 

Oxford Dictionary

Andromeda

Andromeda |anˈdrɒmɪdə | 1 Greek Mythology 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. 2 Astronomy 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. • (as genitive Andromedae |anˈdrɒmɪdiː, -dʌɪ |) used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation: the star Gamma Andromedae.

 

andromeda

andromeda |anˈdrɒmɪdə | ▶noun a bog rosemary, especially (marsh andromeda ) the common bog rosemary.

 

Duden Dictionary

Andromeda

An d ro me da , An dro me da Eigenname |Andr o meda |weibliche griechische Sagengestalt

 

Andromeda

An d ro me da , An dro me da Substantiv, feminin , die |Andr o meda |die Andromeda; Genitiv: der Andromeda Sternbild am nördlichen Sternenhimmel

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Andromeda

An drom e da /ændrɑ́mɪdə |-drɔ́m -/名詞 1 〘ギ神 〙アンドロメダ 〘Cassiopeiaの娘; Perseusの妻 〙.2 〘天 〙アンドロメダ座 〘the Chained Ladyともいう 〙.～̀ G á laxy 〘天 〙〖the ～〗アンドロメダ銀河 [星雲 ].