Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRO'TO-PLAST
PRO'TO-PHYTE, or PRO'TO-ZO-APRO-TO-PLAS'TIC
PRO'TO-PLAST, n. [Gr. πρωτος, first, and πλαστος, formed.]
The original; the thing first formed, as a copy to be imitated. Thus Adam has been called our protoplast. – Bryant. Harvey.
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