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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galaxy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | beetleweed, coltsfoot, galax, galax urceolata, wandflower |
| Type of | herb, herbaceous plant |
galaxy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | extragalactic nebula |
| Type of | accumulation, collection, aggregation, assemblage |
| Has types | great attractor, milky way, milky way galaxy, milky way system, spiral galaxy, spiral nebula |
| Derivation | galactic |
`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'.
galaxy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | assemblage, accumulation, collection, aggregation |
Examples of galaxy
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Their microprocessors will be scooped up to power a widening galaxy of products.
From the businessweek.com
This artist's concept shows a galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its core.
From the sciencedaily.com
This stellar nursery lies in our neighboring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud.
From the sciencedaily.com
Giant gas clouds have been found close enough to home to keep the galaxy ablaze.
From the newscientist.com
The stars in this compact galaxy appear to be about 2 billion years old or more.
From the newscientist.com
It is so clear we can see Andromeda, our neighbouring galaxy, fading in and out.
From the guardian.co.uk
Yet not every galaxy looks like the Milky Way, with its spiraling pinwheel arms.
From the post-gazette.com
A simulation of galaxy formation occurring early in the history of the universe.
From the sciencedaily.com
The larger of the two, NGC 1532, is a spiral galaxy much like our own Milky Way.
From the sciencedaily.com
- A splendid assemblage (especially of famous people)
- Galax: 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
- (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'"
- A galaxy is a massive, gravitationally bound system that consists of stars and stellar remnants, an interstellar medium of gas and dust, and an important but poorly understood component tentatively dubbed dark matter. ...
- Galaxy is a 1980 album by the French band Rockets.
- Galaxy is a former provider of pay television programming in Australia via satellite and wireless cable (microwave) delivery methods.
- Galaxy was a satellite television channel focusing on general entertainment, one of the five channels run by British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB). ...
- Galaxy is a brand of milk chocolate made and marketed by the Mars company. It is one of several related products punning upon the name Mars by using an astronomical name.
- Galaxy is a web application developed at Pennsylvania State University, designed for analysis of genomics data. ...
