"stevia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstiːvɪə/ [UK], /ˈstɛvɪə/ [UK] Forms: stevias [plural]
Etymology: From the Latin genus name Stevia, after 16th century Spanish botanist Pedro Jaime Esteve (latinized as Petrus Jacobus Stevus). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{taxfmt|Stevia|genus}} Stevia Head templates: {{en-noun}} stevia (plural stevias)
  1. Any of the sweet herbs of genus Stevia, native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America and western North America. Categories (lifeform): Eupatorieae tribe plants, Herbs Synonyms: sweetleaf [US] Synonyms (any species of genus Stevia): candy leaf, sugar leaf, sweet honey leaf [Australia], sweet herb of Paraguay Translations (any species of genus Stevia): estèvia [feminine] (Catalan), 甜菊 (tiánjú) (english: herb) (Chinese Mandarin), 甜菊葉 /甜菊叶 (tiánjúyè) (english: leaf) (Chinese Mandarin), stevia (Finnish), stévia [feminine] (French), stévie [feminine] (French), Stevia [feminine] (German), Süßkraut [neuter] (German), Süßblatt [neuter] (German), Honigkraut [neuter] (German), Stevie [feminine] (German), ka`a heé (Guaraní), stevia [feminine] (Italian), アマハステビア (Amaha sutebia) (Japanese), ステビア (sutebia) (Japanese), 스테비아 (seutebia) (Korean), stewia [feminine] (Polish), skupnia [feminine] (Polish), capim-doce [masculine] (Portuguese), erva-doce [feminine] (Portuguese), estévia (Portuguese), stévia (Portuguese), сте́вия (stévija) [feminine] (Russian), stevia [feminine] (Spanish), estevia [feminine] (Spanish), stevia [common-gender] (Swedish), หญ้าหวาน (Thai), stevia (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-stevia-en-noun-zUgW3e5- Disambiguation of Eupatorieae tribe plants: 52 48 Disambiguation of Herbs: 60 40 Categories (other): Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'any species of genus Stevia': 89 11 Disambiguation of 'any species of genus Stevia': 89 11
  2. A sweetener, many times sweeter than an equal amount of sugar, extracted from Stevia rebaudiana, that can be substituted for sugar for some purposes. Categories (lifeform): Eupatorieae tribe plants Translations (sweetener): estèvia [feminine] (Catalan), stevia (Finnish), stévie (French), stewia [feminine] (Polish), stewiozyd [masculine] (Polish), сте́вия (stévija) [feminine] (Russian), stevia (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-stevia-en-noun-Lxq5xAUQ Disambiguation of Eupatorieae tribe plants: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Guaraní translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 26 37 2 20 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 39 1 23 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Guaraní translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of 'sweetener': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: steviol

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "stevia (plural stevias)",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Frances Sizer, Ellie Whitney, Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies, 10th edition, page 49:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Rita Girouard Mertig, What Nurses Know...Diabetes, page 18:",
          "text": "Another natural sweetener comes from the stevia plant. In December 2008, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave a “generally recognized as safe” status to Truvia and PureVia, both of which are wholly derived from the stevia plant and have no calories.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Sam Graci, The Food Connection: The Right Food at the Right Time, page 139:",
          "text": "My absolute preference for a sweetener is the herb stevia—not the white crystalline extract, but the chopped green leaves. Stevia has no calories and does not cause any insulin response.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Any of the sweet herbs of genus Stevia, native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America and western North America."
      ],
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          "sweet"
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          "herb",
          "herb"
        ],
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        ],
        [
          "Stevia",
          "Stevia#Translingual"
        ],
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          "South America",
          "South America"
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          "North America",
          "North America"
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "US"
          ],
          "word": "sweetleaf"
        }
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, M. Sara Rosenthal, The Natural Woman's Guide to Living with the Complications of Diabetes, page 42:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Jack Staub, 75 Exceptional Herbs for Your Garden, page 563:",
          "text": "Around 1970, Japan approved stevia as a sweetener and flavor enhancer, and, in the last 35 years of Japanese employment, not a single case of toxic or deleterious effect has been brought to light.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Mary D Martino, Natural Health: Alternatives and Prevention of Disease, page 365:",
          "text": "Stevia is made from the leaves of a small shrub found largely in South America and China, and has been used by indigenous peoples for hundreds of years. It is considered one of the healthiest sweeteners available, and often used as a tonic for healing wounds.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sweetener, many times sweeter than an equal amount of sugar, extracted from Stevia rebaudiana, that can be substituted for sugar for some purposes."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈstiːvɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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    {
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "word": "candy leaf"
    },
    {
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "word": "sugar leaf"
    },
    {
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "word": "sweet honey leaf"
    },
    {
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "word": "sweet herb of Paraguay"
    }
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      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "estèvia"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiánjú",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "word": "甜菊"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "leaf",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiánjúyè",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "word": "甜菊葉 /甜菊叶"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "word": "stevia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stévia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stévie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Stevia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Süßkraut"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Süßblatt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Honigkraut"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Stevie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gn",
      "lang": "Guaraní",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "word": "ka`a heé"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stevia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Amaha sutebia",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "word": "アマハステビア"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sutebia",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "word": "ステビア"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seutebia",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "word": "스테비아"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stewia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skupnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capim-doce"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erva-doce"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "word": "estévia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "word": "stévia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stévija",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сте́вия"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stevia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estevia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stevia"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "word": "หญ้าหวาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "any species of genus Stevia",
      "word": "stevia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sweetener",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estèvia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sweetener",
      "word": "stevia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sweetener",
      "word": "stévie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sweetener",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stewia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sweetener",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stewiozyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stévija",
      "sense": "sweetener",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сте́вия"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sweetener",
      "word": "stevia"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "es:Pedro Jaime Esteve"
  ],
  "word": "stevia"
}

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