stevia

[ stee-vee-uh, stev-ee-uh ]

noun
  1. a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.

  2. a noncaloric, powdered sweetener made from glycoside extracts of the leaves of this shrub.

Origin of stevia

1
1805–10; <New Latin, from the name of Petrus Jacobus Stevus (Pedro Jaime Esteve), died 1555, Spanish physician and botanist

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