coma berenices

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

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Questions about coma berenices

What does coma berenices mean?

coma berenices means "a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Ursa Major and Bootes; contains a cluster of some 10,000 galaxies".

Is coma berenices a common word?

coma berenices is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.