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Berbers
Speakers of the various Berber languages of the Maghrib, incl. Tamazight, Tashahit, and Tarifit. Berber-speakers were the original inhabitants of N. Africa, though many regions succumbed first to Roman colonization and later to the Arab conquests beginning in the 7th cent. AD. Berbers gradually accepted Islam, and many switched to Arabic or became bilingual, though the Berber languages are still spoken in some rural and mountain areas of Morocco and Algeria and by some inhabitants of Tunisia and Libya. Since the 1990s Berber intellectuals have sought to revive interest in the language. The Berber-speaking Almoravid and Almohad dynasties built empires in NW Africa and Spain in the 11th-13th cent. See also Abd al-Krim, Kabyle, Rif, Shawia.


Cerberus
In Greek mythology, the monstrous watchdog of the underworld. He was usually said to have three heads, though Hesiod says he had 50. Heads of snakes grew from his back, and he had a serpent's tail. He devoured anyone who tried to escape Hades' kingdom, and he refused entrance to living humans, though Orpheus gained passage by charming him with music. One of the labors of Heracles was to bring Cerberus up to the land of the living; after succeeding, he returned the creature to Hades.


barberry
Any of the almost 500 species of thorny evergreen or deciduous shrubs constituting the genus Berberis, the largest and most important genus of the family Berberidaceae, in the buttercup order. Most are native to the N temperate zone, particularly Asia. Berberis species have yellow wood and yellow flowers. The fruit of several species is made into jellies. Other members of the same family include heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica), an indoor pot plant; mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum), a woodland wildflower; Epimedium, a ground cover; and Oregon grape (Mahonia), a genus of broad-leaved evergreen shrubs.


cerebrum
Largest part of the brain. The two cerebral hemispheres consist of an inner core of myelinated nerve fibers, the white matter, and a heavily convoluted outer cortex of gray matter (see cerebral cortex). Nerve fibers in the white matter connect functional areas of the cortex in the same hemispheres, connect functional areas of the cortex in opposite hemispheres, and connect the cerebral cortex to lower centers (e.g., the spinal cord). A front-to-back fissure divides the cerebrum's two hemispheres. One is dominant, holding speech and thought centers and determining right- or left-handedness. The other handles more complex perceptions, such as face recognition. Each controls the opposite side of the body. The corpus callosum, a thick band of white matter, connects them, allowing integration of sensory data and responses from both sides of the body. Other important cerebral structures include the hypothalamus and the thalamus, a sensory relay center involved with emotions and instincts.


dewberry
Any blackberry ...

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