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
Leslie unpinned from its cambric cover a gray iron barége, with a narrow puffing round the hem of the full skirt and the little pointed bertha cape.
From A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
It accounted also for the bertha of Mechlin lace, which was fastened to Miss Ainslie's gown, of lavender cashmere, by a large amethyst inlaid with gold and surrounded by baroque pearls.
From Lavender and Old Lace by Myrtle Reed
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 Katherine Stokes
