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Vinony

protoplast

noun

  1. entire biological cell, excluding the cell wall
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ.təˌplæst/ / /-ˌplast/ / /ˈpɹoʊ.təˌplæst/

adj

Etymology: From Middle French prothoplaste, and its source Late Latin protoplastus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πρωτόπλαστος (prōtóplastos, “first-formed”), from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-) + πλαστός (plastós, “formed, moulded”).

  1. Created first; archetypal.

noun

Etymology: From Middle French prothoplaste, and its source Late Latin protoplastus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πρωτόπλαστος (prōtóplastos, “first-formed”), from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-) + πλαστός (plastós, “formed, moulded”).

  1. The first-created human; Adam.
  2. A prototype or archetype; a model.
  3. The first person in a given family, lineage etc.; an ancestor.

    “Habsburg tradition insists that the protoplast of the family was called Guntram.”

  4. The contents of a plant cell.