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

She was dressed in a dark green velvet evening dress, whose white lace bertha was carelessly pinned with a magnificent solitaire.

From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Ashmore, Annie

A bertha of lace fell over the satin bodice.

From Ishmael Or, In the Depths by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

She was a vision in white—her graduation dress—with her snowy shoulders rising modestly from a tulle bertha.

From At Home with the Jardines by Bell, Lilian