protoplast
nounEtymology 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”).
1
The first-created human; Adam.
2
Rare A prototype or archetype; a model.
3
The first person in a given family, lineage etc.; an ancestor.
- Habsburg tradition insists that the protoplast of the family was called Guntram.2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 121:
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Biology, Natural sciences The contents of a plant cell.