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protopine | protoplasm | protoplasmatic | protoplasmic | protoplasmic astrocyte | protoplast | protoplasta | protoplastic | protopodite | protopope | protopterus

protoplast

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Noun
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pro=to=plast

CIDE DICTIONARY

protoplastn. [L. protoplastus the first man, Gr. formed or created first; first + formed, fr. to form.].
  •  The thing first formed; that of which there are subsequent copies or reproductions; the original.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A first-formed organized body; the first individual, or pair of individuals, of a species.  [1913 Webster]
    "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."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

protoplast, n. the protoplasm of one cell.

Derivative
protoplastic adj.
Etymology
F protoplaste or LL protoplastus f. Gk protoplastos (as PROTO-, plasso mould)

ROGET THESAURUS

protoplast

Prototype

N prototype, original, model, pattern, precedent, standard, ideal, reference, scantling, type, archetype, antitype, protoplast, module, exemplar, example, ensample, paradigm, lay-figure, text, copy, design, fugleman, keynote, die, mold, matrix, last, plasm, proplasm, protoplasm, mint, seal, punch, intaglio, negative, stamp, a precedent embalms a principle, exempla sunt odiosa.


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