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

It had a wide bertha, cuffs and over panels of wisteria panne velvet.

From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Lester, Pauline

Miss Schuyler wore a pink brocade of the richest and most delicate quality, and a bertha of Brussels lace.

From The Conqueror by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

She pulled the lace bertha from her shoulders, and began to take out her hairpins, "I sha'n't be the one to say 'Let us be married.'"

From The Awakening of Helena Richie by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell