Prō'to-plāst, n.

n. [Fr. protoplaste, Lat. protoplastus, Gr. πρωτόπλαστος, formed or created first, from πρῶτος, first, and πλαστός, formed, from πλάσσειν, to form.] The thing first formed, as a copy to be imitated; that which is first modeled or formed; an original. Bryant. Harvey.