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protoplasts

protoplasts is the plural of protoplast.

Meaning of protoplast

Noun

protoplast (plural protoplasts)

  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
  4. The contents of a plant cell.

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Questions about protoplasts

What is protoplasts the plural of?
Protoplasts is the plural of protoplast.

Words near protoplasts in the dictionary

  1. protoplasted
  2. protoplastic
  3. protoplastid
  4. protoplastids
  5. protoplasting
  6. protoplasts
  7. protoploid
  8. protopod
  9. protopodal
  10. protopodia
  11. protopodial

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