'Protoplast' definitions:
Definition of 'protoplast'
(from WordNet)
noun
A biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts [syn: energid, protoplast]
Definition of 'Protoplast'
From: GCIDE
- Protoplast \Pro"to*plast\, n. [L. protoplastus the first man, Gr. ? formed or created first; ? first + ? formed, fr. ? to form.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The thing first formed; that of which there are subsequent copies or reproductions; the original. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Biol.) 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. --Latham. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]