What does "stevia" mean?
Any of the sweet herbs of genus Stevia, native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America and western North America.
Stevia
/ˈstiːvɪə/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Any of the sweet herbs of genus Stevia, native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America and western North America.
- Grammar: stevia is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: glycoside extract, stevia genus, stevia plant, stevia shrub.
- Usage evidence: The stevia was cultivated and used as a sweetener by the Guarani people for at least 1,500 years.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of the sweet herbs of genus Stevia, native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America and western North America.
"A naturally sweet herb called stevia is gaining in popularity as a sugar substitute, especially in beverages. Food additives must provide evidence of their safety and effectiveness before receiving FDA approval, and stevia lacks this approval for use as a sweetener because so little is known about its effects on human health, save that it can be absorbed by the human digestive tract."
- 2 any plant of the genus Piqueria or the closely related genus Stevia wordnet
- 3 A sweetener, many times sweeter than an equal amount of sugar, extracted from Stevia rebaudiana, that can be substituted for sugar for some purposes.
"Stevia is a natural, non-fattening sweetener that is 30 to 100 times sweeter than sugar and without any of the aftertaste that is common in many sugar substitutes."
- 4 any plant of the genus Stevia or the closely related genus Piqueria having glutinous foliage and white or purplish flowers; Central and South America wordnet
Synonyms
All synonyms glycoside extractstevia genusstevia plantstevia shrubsteviol glycoside
Example
"The stevia was cultivated and used as a sweetener by the Guarani people for at least 1,500 years."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "stevia"?
Common synonyms include: glycoside extract, stevia genus, stevia plant, stevia shrub, steviol glycoside.
How do you use "stevia" in a sentence?
The stevia was cultivated and used as a sweetener by the Guarani people for at least 1,500 years.
How do you pronounce "stevia"?
Pronounced /ˈstiːvɪə/.
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Stevia, after 16th century Spanish botanist Pedro Jaime Esteve (latinized as Petrus Jacobus Stevus).