n 1  cap  :  a small genus of low evergreen boreal or arctic shrubs of the heath family (Ericaceae) having drooping white or pinkish flowers in terminal umbels and including several that are sources of andromedotoxin  2  :  any plant of the genus Andromeda .
 
 
 
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