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bertha

[bur-thuh] / ˈbɜr θə /




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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

Then from the scented darkness of the treasure box she drew out a bertha and sleeves of filmy lace and laid them on the silk.

From Clover and Blue Grass by Eliza Calvert Hall

A bertha of rarest Brussels lace was fastened at her neck with the amethyst pin, inlaid with gold and surrounded by baroque pearls.

From Lavender and Old Lace by Myrtle Reed

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




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