stevia
(stiːviə)
uncountable noun
Stevia is a substance taken from a plant which is used to make food taste sweet without adding any calories.
We sweeten our cookies with stevia.
stevia in British English
(ˈstiːvɪə)
noun
any plant of the genus Stevia, of tropical and subtropical America, esp S. rebaudiana, cultivated for its sweet leaves: family Asteraceae (composites)
Word origin
C19: named after Pedro Jaime Esteve (1500–56), Spanish botanistImage ofstevia
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- to come to the or (us) a boil
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