pro·to·plast (pr  t -pl st )n. 1. Biology The living material of a plant or bacterial cell, including the protoplasm and plasma membrane after the cell wall has been removed. 2. One that is the first made or formed; a prototype. [French protoplaste, from Old French, the first man, from Late Latin pr toplastus, from Greek prtoplastos : prto-, proto- + plastos, formed, molded; see -plast.]pro to·plastic adj. |
protoplast [ˈprəʊtəˌplæst]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) 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
[from Late Latin prōtoplastus the first-formed, from Greek prōtoplastos, from proto- + plassein to shape]
protoplastic adj
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| Noun | 1. | protoplast - a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts cell - (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity |
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