adj
Meaning 1
Created first; archetypal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
protoplast
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prō′tə-plăst′
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ.təˌplæst/
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Received-Pronunciation: /-ˌplast/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈpɹoʊ.təˌplæst/
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Australian: /ˈpɹəʉ.təˌplæst/
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Australian: /ˈpɹɐʉ-/
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New-Zealand: /ˈpɹɐʉ.təˌplɛst/
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Scotland: /ˈpɹo.təˌplast/
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India: /ˈpɾoː.ʈoˌplæsʈ/
noun
Meaning 2
The first-created human; Adam.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A prototype or archetype; a model.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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noun
Meaning 4
The first person in a given family, lineage etc.; an ancestor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
The contents of a plant cell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: energid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body part
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: protoplasto — contents of a plant cell
- Greek: πρωτοπλάστης (protoplástis) — contents of a plant cell
- Ido: protoplasto — contents of a plant cell
- Irish: prótaplast — contents of a plant cell
- Spanish: protoplasto — contents of a plant cell
Real reading context