an·drom·eda
an-ˈdrä-mə-də 
: any of several evergreen shrubs (genera Pieris and Andromeda) of the heath family
especially
: japanese andromeda
An·drom·e·da
an-ˈdrä-mə-də
1
: an Ethiopian princess of Greek mythology rescued from a monster by her future husband Perseus
2
: a northern constellation directly south of Cassiopeia between Pegasus and Perseus
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PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
Spikes of creamy white astilbe mimicked Mona Lisa’s skin tone, and the long seed heads of the andromeda aped her fingers and added a tawny layer.
—Lindsey Taylor, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2018
The andromeda alongside my front steps mysteriously died over the winter.
—New York Times, 25 May 2018
Your andromeda and azaleas have lace bugs, an insect that inserts its feeding tube into the leaf and sucks out the contents of plant cells.
—Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 17 May 2018
Botany cannot go farther than tell me the names of the shrubs which grow there,—the high-blueberry, panicled andromeda, lambkill, azalea, and rhodora,—all standing in the quaking sphagnum.
—Henry David Thoreau, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2017
Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
Then, about four billion years from now, a close pass between the Milky Way and Andromeda will light up our sky, locally, in a way that no human (and none of our mammalian ancestors) has ever seen.
—Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026
However, in the nearby Andromeda galaxy, a giant star seems to have taken a very different path.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Feb. 2026
The Andromeda galaxy offers a great example.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
The bottom three stars can then be used to point the way to the Andromeda galaxy, by following an imaginary line from the 'base' of the stellar triangle up through the bright star Shedar and beyond, as shown in the finder map above.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2026
In the novel, the story instead concludes aboard the Princess Andromeda cruise ship, where Luke is tricked into confessing to poisoning Thalia’s tree, clearing Chiron’s name.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Spikes of creamy white astilbe mimicked Mona Lisa’s skin tone, and the long seed heads of the andromeda aped her fingers and added a tawny layer.
—Lindsey Taylor, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2018
The andromeda alongside my front steps mysteriously died over the winter.
—New York Times, 25 May 2018
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Noun
The device was reportedly codenamed Surface Andromeda, but the company has never openly spoken about it.
—PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
Spikes of creamy white astilbe mimicked Mona Lisa’s skin tone, and the long seed heads of the andromeda aped her fingers and added a tawny layer.
—Lindsey Taylor, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2018
The andromeda alongside my front steps mysteriously died over the winter.
—New York Times, 25 May 2018
Your andromeda and azaleas have lace bugs, an insect that inserts its feeding tube into the leaf and sucks out the contents of plant cells.
—Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 17 May 2018
Botany cannot go farther than tell me the names of the shrubs which grow there,—the high-blueberry, panicled andromeda, lambkill, azalea, and rhodora,—all standing in the quaking sphagnum.
—Henry David Thoreau, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2017
Noun
In Our Andromeda, Shaughnessy goes into full multiverse mode, trying out new life paths.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
Then, about four billion years from now, a close pass between the Milky Way and Andromeda will light up our sky, locally, in a way that no human (and none of our mammalian ancestors) has ever seen.
—Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026
However, in the nearby Andromeda galaxy, a giant star seems to have taken a very different path.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Feb. 2026
The Andromeda galaxy offers a great example.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
The bottom three stars can then be used to point the way to the Andromeda galaxy, by following an imaginary line from the 'base' of the stellar triangle up through the bright star Shedar and beyond, as shown in the finder map above.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2026
In the novel, the story instead concludes aboard the Princess Andromeda cruise ship, where Luke is tricked into confessing to poisoning Thalia’s tree, clearing Chiron’s name.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Spikes of creamy white astilbe mimicked Mona Lisa’s skin tone, and the long seed heads of the andromeda aped her fingers and added a tawny layer.
—Lindsey Taylor, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2018
The andromeda alongside my front steps mysteriously died over the winter.
—New York Times, 25 May 2018
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“Andromeda.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/andromeda. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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Andromeda
noun
An·drom·e·da
an-ˈdräm-əd-ə
: a northern group of stars in a straight line south of Cassiopeia between Pegasus and Perseus
Etymology
Noun
from Greek Andromedē, a mythological princess
Medical Definition
andromeda
noun
an·drom·e·da
an-ˈdräm-əd-ə
1
capitalized
: a small genus of low evergreen boreal or arctic shrubs of the heath family (Ericaceae) having drooping white or pinkish flowers in terminal umbels and including several that are sources of andromedotoxin
2
: any plant of the genus Andromeda
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