About The Word Protoplast
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Protoplast
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What's The Definition Of Protoplast?
[n] a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts
Synonyms | Synonyms for Protoplast: energid Related Terms | Find terms related to Protoplast: Protoplast In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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