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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Ursa Major and Bootes; contains a cluster of some 10,000 galaxies;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Coma Berenices n 1: a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Ursa Major and Bootes; contains a cluster of some 10,000 galaxies