(Biyoloji) Protoplast, from the ancient Greek πρώτον (first) + verb πλάθω or πλάττω (to mould: deriv. plastic), initially referred to the first organized body of a species. This meaning is similar to the non-biological definition, the first from which all subsequent forms are derived. A protoplast is a bacterial cell lacking its cell wall, and also free of a capsule
A first-formed organized body; the first individual, or pair of individuals, of a species
a plant cell from which the cell wall has been removed by mechanical or enzymatic means Protoplasts can be prepared from primary tissues of most plant organs as well as from cultured plant cells [CUB]
Cellular material, cytoplasm, mitochondria, nucleus, etc , remaining after the cell wall has been removed