stevia
Americannoun
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a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
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a noncaloric, powdered sweetener made from glycoside extracts of the leaves of this shrub.
Etymology
Origin of stevia
1805–10; < New Latin, from the name of Petrus Jacobus Stevus (Pedro Jaime Esteve), died 1555, Spanish physician and botanist
Example Sentences
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By the second generation, researchers found elevated fasting blood sugar in male descendants of the sucralose group and female descendants of the stevia group.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
I like to sweeten it with honey or stevia and serve it hot.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
Aspartame, for example, is about 200 times sweeter than sugar and costs more than saccharin, roughly the same as sucralose and less than stevia, a sweetener industry source said.
From Reuters ● Jun. 29, 2023
Some are synthetic, others are extracted from foods such as monk fruit and the stevia plant.
From Salon ● May 18, 2023
If you need it sweetened to drink it, use an artificial or herbal sweetener like nutrisweet or stevia.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Steve Solomon
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