protoplast
Biology.
the contents of a cell within the cell membrane, considered as a fundamental entity.
the primordial living unit or cell.
a person or thing that is formed first; original; prototype.
the hypothetical first individual or one of the supposed first pair of a species or the like.
Origin of protoplast
1Other words from protoplast
- pro·to·plas·tic, adjective
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How to use protoplast in a sentence
For this, the simplest form of the protoplast community is a single pair.
Opuscula | Robert Gordon LathamVerse cxxiv., protoplast, the original, the thing first formed.
The Browning Cyclopdia | Edward BerdoeThe differentiation into nucleus and cytoplasm represents a division of labour in the protoplast.
Darwin and Modern Science | A.C. Seward and OthersOr, supposing such protoplast pairs to have been numerous, what were the respective original locations of each?
Man and His Migrations | R. G. (Robert Gordon) LathamFortunately the time was already past when protoplast patients were looked upon as something mildly freakish and to be pitied.
Man Made | Albert R. Teichner
British Dictionary definitions for protoplast
/ (ˈprəʊtəˌplæst) /
a unit consisting of the living parts of a cell, including the protoplasm and cell membrane but not the vacuoles or (in plants) the cell wall
Origin of protoplast
1Derived forms of protoplast
- protoplastic, adjective
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