| the constellation Coma Berenices. |
Ber·e·ni·ce's Hair  (běr'ə-nī'sēz)  n. See Coma Berenices. |
| Co·ma Ber·e·ni·ces (kō'mə běr'ə-nī'sēz') n. A constellation in the northern sky near Boötes and Leo that contains a prominent cluster of galaxies and the north pole of the Milky Way. Also called Berenice's Hair. [New Latin Coma Berenicēs, Berenice's hair : Latin coma, hair + Latin Berenicēs, genitive of Berenicē, Berenice (a queen of Egypt who promised her hair to Venus).] |