ˌstakə̇ˈbä.trəs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek stachys ear of grain + botrys bunch of grapes, grape — more at sting
: a genus of imperfect fungi (order Moniliales) characterized by short usually hyaline conidiophores with whorls of thick hyaline or brown sterigmata each bearing a spore or chain of spores