ˌkətˈlirēə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Manasseh Cutler died 1823 American clergyman and botanist + New Latin -ia
: a genus (the type of the family Cutleriaceae) of marine brown algae characterized by true alternation of generations, the gametophyte being an upright plant with a broad flat forking thallus and the sporophyte a flat lobed disk
• cut·le·ri·a·ceous |kət|lirē|āshəs adjective