Cutleria

noun

Cut·​le·​ria

ˌkətˈlirēə

: 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

cutleriaceous

¦kət¦lirē¦āshəs

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Manasseh Cutler †1823 American clergyman and botanist + New Latin -ia

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