'andromeda' definitions:

Broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers [syn: andromeda, Japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, Pieris japonica]

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

(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

A constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy