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

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Kahlil Gibran