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

1. 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)

References

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