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nountufted 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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- galactic of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way)
- intergalactic between or among galaxies
- andromeda a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy
- magellanic cloud either of two small galaxies orbiting the Milky Way; visible near the south celestial pole
- continuous creation theory (cosmology) the theory that the universe maintains a constant average density with matter created to fill the void left by galaxies that are receding from each other
- oort Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992)
- hubble parameter (cosmology) the ratio of the speed of recession of a galaxy (due to the expansion of the universe) to its distance from the observer; the Hubble constant is not actually a constant, but is regarded as measuring the expansion rate today
- hubble's parameter (cosmology) the ratio of the speed of recession of a galaxy (due to the expansion of the universe) to its distance from the observer; the Hubble constant is not actually a constant, but is regarded as measuring the expansion rate today
- spiral nebula a galaxy having a spiral structure; arms containing younger stars spiral out from old stars at the center
- milky way the galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky