bertha

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To show that it was the PKF proteins that were doing the killing, University of British Columbia molecular biologist David Theilmann and colleagues infected bertha armyworms with two baculovirus species, MacoNPV-A and MacoNPV-B.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 29, 2021

Edwardian sleeves and bertha collars, ribbons, roses and trailing black velvet are the tricks of the trade.

From Time Magazine Archive

Miss La Sarthe sat at the head of the table, in a green silk dress cut low upon the shoulders and trimmed with a bertha of blonde lace.

From Halcyone by Glyn, Elinor

Mrs. Baldwin's lace bertha rose and fell sharply.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

She was dressed in a gray silk poplin with lace bertha and cuffs, and on her white hair she wore a little lace cap.

From The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle by Stokes, Katherine