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protoplast |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Protoplast \Pro"to*plast\, n. [L. protoplastus the first man, Gr ? formed or created first ? first + ? formed, fr ? 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: protoplast n : a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts [syn: {energid}]
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