protoplast

[proh-tuh-plast] / ˈproʊ təˌplæst /

NOUN

original

Synonyms

STRONG

archetype coinage creation exemplar father forerunner invention master model novelty paradigm pattern precedent precursor prototype type

Example Sentences

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Stewart and his collaborators have developed a robot that performs an established technique called protoplast transformation faster and more accurately than is possible by hand.

From Nature • Nov. 1, 2016

Shall this germ and protoplast of being Rest mid-life and say his race is run?

From Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen by Meteyard, Thomas Buford

He furrowed his protoplast brow that looked as youthful as it had a century ago.

From Man Made by Teichner, Albert

I came out of the chamber all protoplast except for the spinal zone.

From Man Made by Teichner, Albert

The differentiation into nucleus and cytoplasm represents a division of labour in the protoplast.

From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)