Definition of Protoplast

1. Noun. A biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts.

Exact synonyms: Energid
Group relationships: Cell
Generic synonyms: Body Part

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

protopines
protoplanet
protoplanetary
protoplanetary disc
protoplanetary discs
protoplanetary nebula
protoplanetary nebulae
protoplanetary nebulas
protoplanets
protoplasm
protoplasmal
protoplasmatic
protoplasmic
protoplasmic astrocyte
protoplasms
protoplast (current term)
protoplastic
protoplastid
protoplastids
protoplasts
protopod
protopodite
protopods
protopope
protopopes
protoporcelain
protoporphyrin
protoporphyrinogen
protoporphyrinogen oxidase

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. ..."

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