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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Co·ma Ber·e·ni·ces /ˈkoməˌbɛrəˈnaɪ(ˌ)siz/

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ber·e·ni·ce's Hair  Astron. See Coma Berenices, under Coma.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Co·ma, n.
 1. Astron. The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet.
 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.
 Coma Berenices  Astron., a small constellation north of Virgo; -- called also Berenice's Hair.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

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