stevia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of the sweet herbs of genus Stevia, native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America and western North America.
A sweetener, many times sweeter than an equal amount of sugar, extracted from Stevia rebaudiana, that can be substituted for sugar for some purposes.

/ˈstiːvɪə/ /ˈstɛvɪə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stevia.wav

stevia stevias

Borrowed from translingual Stevia, after 16th century Spanish botanist Pedro Jaime Esteve (latinized as Petrus Jacobus Stevus).

sweetleaf candy leaf sugar leaf sweet honey leaf sweet herb of Paraguay

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