Coma Berenices noun phr. [,kǝʊmǝ bɛrɪ'nʌɪsi:z] M17.[Latin, formed as COMA noun1 + Berenice (c 273-221 BC), wife of Ptolemy III of Egypt; her hair was said to have been stolen from the temple of Venus and afterwards placed in the heavens.](The name of) an inconspicuous constellation of the northern hemisphere, between Boötes and Virgo; =
BERENICE'S HAIR.
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