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.
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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.
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Coma Berenices[L.] (Astron.), a small constellation north
of Virgo; -- called also Berenice's Hair.
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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