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galaxy   (TTS Sound)

The noun galaxy has 3 senses

• galaxy -- (a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people))


• galax, galaxy, wandflower, beetleweed, coltsfoot, Galax urceolata -- (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)


• galaxy, extragalactic nebula -- ((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'")