Definition of andromeda Andromeda

/ændɹɑˈmʌdʌ/ - [andramudu] - an•drom•e•da

We found 12 definitions of andromeda from 7 different sources.

What does andromeda mean?

Noun Plural: andromedas
andromeda - any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers
		shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
		genus andromeda low-growing shrubs of northern regions of northern hemisphere
		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 - (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
andromeda - broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers
		Japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, Pieris japonica
		shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
andromeda - a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy

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andromeda (n.)
A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda.
andromeda (n.)
A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water.

andromeda
A constellation in the northern sky named for the princess Andromeda (which is Greek for Ruler over men).
andromeda
A Greek mythological figure who was chained to a rock to be eaten by a sea monster and was saved by Perseus, whom she later married.

andromeda
an-drom′e-da, n. a genus of shrubs of the heath family: the name of a northern constellation. [Andromeda, in Greek mythology, a maiden bound to a rock, and exposed to a sea-monster, but delivered by Perseus.]

andromeda
A hemispherical medusa found in the Indian and Red Seas. The body is transparent and brownish, with a black cross in the middle, and has foliaceous white arms on the under part.

Andromeda is a person in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of King Kepheus and his wife Kassiopeia.

She is the wife of Perseus. With him her children are the sons Perses, Alkaios, Sthenelos, Elektryon, and the daughter Gorgophone. Andromeda is also the great-grandmother of Herakles.

Once Andromeda's mother Kassiopeia said she was more beautiful than the Nereids. This angered the sea gods, and the god Poseidon sent floods and the sea monster Keto to them as punishment. An oracle told them that they had to sacrifice Andromeda to the sea monster, and because of that Andromeda was chained to a rock at the shore. But Perseus came to the place after he had killed Medusa. Perseus killed the sea monster, saved Andromeda and married her.