enˈdäthēə, -dōth- noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek endothen within, from within (from endon within) + New Latin -ia; from the immersed perithecia — more at end-
: a genus of ascomycetous fungi (family Melogrammataceae) having ellipsoid 2-celled ascospores and including the fungus ( E. parasitica ) that causes chestnut blight