Protoplast : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Protoplast	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Protoplast
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protoplast n a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts Synonym(s): energid, protoplast
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Protoplast \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.