protoplast
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pro·to·plast
(prō′tə-plăst′)n.
A cell of a plant, fungus, bacterium, or archaeon from which the cell wall has been removed, leaving the protoplasm and plasma membrane.
[French protoplaste, from Old French, the first man, from Late Latin prōtoplastus, from Greek prōtoplastos : prōto-, proto- + plastos, formed, molded; see -plast.]
pro′to·plas′tic adj.
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protoplast
(ˈprəʊtəˌplæst)n
(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
[C16: from Late Latin prōtoplastus the first-formed, from Greek prōtoplastos, from proto- + plassein to shape]
ˌprotoˈplastic adj
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pro•to•plast
(ˈproʊ təˌplæst)n.
1.
a. the contents of a cell within the cell membrane, considered as a fundamental entity.
b. the primordial living unit or cell.
2. a person or thing that is formed first; original; prototype.
3. the hypothetical first individual or one of the supposed first pair of a species or the like.
[1525–35; < Late Latin prōtoplastus the first man, n. use of Greek prōtóplastos formed first]
pro`to•plas′tic, 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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protoplast
n (Bot) → Protoplast m
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