Protoplast

Pro´to`plast

n.	1.
	1.	The thing first formed; that of which there are subsequent copies or reproductions; the original.
	2.	(Biol.) A first-formed organized body; the first individual, or pair of individuals, of a species. A species is a class of individuals, each of which is hypothetically considered to be the descendant of the same protoplast, or of the same pair of protoplasts. - Latham.

Noun

protoplast - a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts

Synonyms: energid