protoplast

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

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

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”).

Synonyms

energid

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