protoplast
Meanings
adj
- Created first; archetypal.
noun
- The first-created human; Adam.
- A prototype or archetype; a model.
- The first person in a given family, lineage etc.; an ancestor.
- The contents of a plant cell.
Pronunciation
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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”).
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