'Coma Berenices' definitions:
Definition of 'Coma Berenices'
(from WordNet)
noun
A constellation in the northern hemisphere between Ursa Major and Bootes; contains a cluster of some 10,000 galaxies
Definition of 'Coma Berenices'
From: GCIDE
- Coma \Co"ma\, n. [L., hair, fr. Gr. ko`mh.]
- 1. (Astron.) The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds. [1913 Webster]
- Coma Berenices[L.] (Astron.), a small constellation north of Virgo; -- called also Berenice's Hair. [1913 Webster]