Associations to the word «Protoplast»

Wiktionary

PROTOPLAST, adjective. (obsolete) Created first; archetypal. [16th-17th c.]
PROTOPLAST, noun. The first-created human; Adam. [from 16th c.]
PROTOPLAST, noun. (rare) A prototype or archetype; a model. [from 17th c.]
PROTOPLAST, noun. The first person in a given family, lineage etc.; an ancestor. [from 17th c.]
PROTOPLAST, noun. (biology) The contents of a plant cell. [from 19th c.]

Dictionary definition

PROTOPLAST, noun. A biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King