Stevia

See also: stevia and stévia

Translingual

Stevia rebaudiana

Etymology

From Latin Stevus (“a latinised surname”) +‎ -ia, after 16th century Spanish botanist and physician Petrus Jacobus Stevus (Pedro Jaime Esteve).

Proper noun

Stevia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain herbs, called sweetleaf or candyleaf.

Hypernyms

(tribe): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Asterales - order; Asteraceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Stevia amambayensis, Stevia ammotropha, Stevia amplexicaulis, Stevia apensis, Stevia aristata, Stevia balansae, Stevia breviaristata, Stevia catharinensis, Stevia commixta, Stevia cuneata, Stevia entreriensis, Stevia estrellensis, Stevia eupatoria, Stevia leptophylla, Stevia parvifolia, Stevia rebaudiana, Stevia rojasii, Stevia sabulonis, Stevia satureiifolia, Stevia selloi, Stevia serrata, Stevia spathulata, Stevia veronicae, Stevia villaricensis (species)

Translations

genus

Chinese:
Mandarin: 甜菊 (zh) (tiánjú)
French: Stévia
German: Stevia (de)
Italian: piccolo arbusto con foglio più dolce, Stevia
Japanese: アマハステビア (Amaha sutebia)

Portuguese: estévia (pt) f, stévia f
Russian: сте́вия (ru) f (stévija)
Spanish: caá-ché, hierba dulce, ka´a he´ê, yerba dulce
Swedish: Stevia
Thai: หญ้าหวาน (yâa wăan)

Further reading

Stevia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Stevia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Stevia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Stevia on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Stevia at Encyclopedia of Life
Stevia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Stevia at USDA Plants database
Stevia at The Plant List

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