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Webster 1913 Edition
Protoplast
Pro′to-plast
,Noun.
[L.
protoplastus
the first man, Gr. [GREEK] formed or created first; [GREEK] first + [GREEK] formed, fr. [GREEK] to form.] 1.
The thing first formed; that of which there are subsequent copies or reproductions; the original.
2.
(Biol.)
A first-formed organized body; the first individual, or pair of individuals, of a species.
A species is a class of individuals, each of which is hypothetically considered to be the descendant of the same
protoplast
, or of the same pair of protoplasts
. Latham.
Webster 1828 Edition
Protoplast
PRO'TOPLAST
,Noun.
Definition 2024
protoplast
protoplast
English
Adjective
protoplast (comparative more protoplast, superlative most protoplast)
- (obsolete) Created first; archetypal. [16th-17th c.]
Noun
protoplast (plural protoplasts)
- The first-created human; Adam. [from 16th c.]
- (rare) A prototype or archetype; a model. [from 17th c.]
- The first person in a given family, lineage etc.; an ancestor. [from 17th c.]
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 121:
- Habsburg tradition insists that the protoplast of the family was called Guntram.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 121:
- (biology) The contents of a plant cell. [from 19th c.]
Translations
contents of a plant cell
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