[Gr., prop. name of the mythical daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, who, when bound to a rock and exposed to a sea-monster, was delivered by Perseus.]
1. One of the constellations of the northern hemisphere, figured to represent the mythical Andromeda.
1706. Phillips, Andromeda, a Northern Constellation, consisting of 27 Stars.
1883. Whitaker’s Almanac, 60. An irresolvable Nebula on the right foot of Andromeda may be observed this month [November].
2. Bot. A genus of shrubs (N.O. Ericaceæ), of which one dwarf herb-like species is native to Britain, and others to North America.
1794. Martyn, Rousseau’s Bot., xix. 268. Andromedas … & a few others, have regular monopetalous corollas.
1856. Kane, Arct. Expl., I. v. 50. Filling up the interstices with … sods of andromeda and moss.
