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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
- extragalactic outside or beyond a galaxy
- redshift (astronomy) a shift in the spectra of very distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths (toward the red end of the spectrum); generally interpreted as evidence that the universe is expanding
- jan hendrix oort Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992)
- hubble's law (astronomy) the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies (the red shift) is proportional to their distance from the observer
- coma berenices a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Ursa Major and Bootes; contains a cluster of some 10,000 galaxies
- milky way system 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
- hubble law (astronomy) the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies (the red shift) is proportional to their distance from the observer