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Protoplast
//ˈpɹəʊ.təˌplæst// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Created first; archetypal. obsolete
Noun
- 1 The first-created human; Adam.
- 2 a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts wordnet
- 3 A prototype or archetype; a model. rare
- 4 The first person in a given family, lineage etc.; an ancestor.
"Habsburg tradition insists that the protoplast of the family was called Guntram."
- 5 The contents of a plant cell.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle French prothoplaste, and its source Late Latin protoplastus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πρωτόπλαστος (prōtóplastos, “first-formed”), from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-) + πλαστός (plastós, “formed, moulded”).
Etymology 2
From Middle French prothoplaste, and its source Late Latin protoplastus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πρωτόπλαστος (prōtóplastos, “first-formed”), from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-) + πλαστός (plastós, “formed, moulded”).
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