Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Berenice's Hair \Ber`e*ni"ce's Hair`\ [See {Berenice's},
{Locks}, in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.] (Astron.)
See {Coma Berenices}, under {Coma}.
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.
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}[L.] (Astron.), a small constellation north
of Virgo; -- called also {Berenice's Hair}.