Broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers.

synonyms: Japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, Pieris japonica.

Polish: pieris japoński

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

Polish: modrzewnica, modrzewica

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.

Dutch: Andromeda

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

Dutch: Andromeda, andromeda