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Definition of Protoplast
1. Noun. A biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts.
Definition of Protoplast
1. n. The thing first formed; that of which there are subsequent copies or reproductions; the original.
Definition of Protoplast
1. Noun. A prototype or archetype. ¹
2. Noun. (biology) The contents of a plant cell. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Protoplast
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protoplast
Literary usage of Protoplast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting, William Henry Lang (1921)
"In the multinucleate cells (eg of Algae and Fungi) this is not essential, since
each daughter protoplast would obtain the requisite nuclei, and as a matter ..."
2. The Physiology of Plants: A Treatise Upon the Metabolism and Sources of by Wilhelm Pfeffer (1900)
"The most complete chemical knowledge of the substances composing the protoplast (Sect,
i) is as little able to make us understand the nature of the living ..."
3. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1910)
"The exact chemical constitution of the protoplast is not known. ... Water is
always associated with the protoplast and is necessary to its life. ..."
4. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1907)
"The exact chemical constitution of the protoplast is not known. ... Water is
always associated with the protoplast and is necessary to its life. ..."
5. Genetic Manipulation in Crops: Proceedings of the International Symposium on by International Rice Research Institute (1988)
"Materials and methods protoplast source lines were a pure botanical line (T),
... The diploid plants regenerated by protoplast culture from T and DH lines ..."
6. A University Text-book of Botany by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1902)
"Differentiation of the protoplast While the term Protoplasm is used for the whole
living contents of the cell, it must be remembered that these are by no ..."
7. A University Text-book of Botany by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1907)
"Differentiation of the protoplast While the term Protoplasm is used for the whole
living contents of the cell, it must be remembered that these are by no ..."
8. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1916)
"taken collectively, or to the box alone when the living parts have disappeared,
and the word protoplast will be used to designate the living part alone. ..."