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galaxy
has definitions from the fields of astronomy,botany
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[ noun ] a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people)
Used in print (Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)And what a galaxy of those adorns that fair land ! (The Department of State: A Fresh Look at the...)The problem in the policy officer 's mind thus begins to take_shape as a galaxy of utterly complicated factors - political , military , economic , financial , legal , legislative , procedural , administrative - to be sorted_out and handled within a political_system which moves by consent in_relation_to an external environment which cannot be under_control . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (botany) tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall
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[ noun ] (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust
Synonyms Examples "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'" |
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