Andromeda
Andromeda ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Latin, from Greek {not transcribed}, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia. When bound to a rock and exposed to a sea monster, she was delivered by Perseus.]
1.
(Astronomy) A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda.
2.
(bot.) A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water.