stevia

See also: Stevia and stévia

English

Stevia rebaudiana, a source of stevia

Etymology

From the Latin genus name Stevia, after 16th century Spanish botanist Pedro Jaime Esteve (latinized as Petrus Jacobus Stevus).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstiːvɪə/, /ˈstɛvɪə/

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. [from 19th c.]

   Synonym: (US) sweetleaf

   • 2006, Frances Sizer, Ellie Whitney, Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies, 10th edition, page 49:

     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.

   • 2010, Rita Girouard Mertig, What Nurses Know...Diabetes, page 18:

     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.

   • 2010, Sam Graci, The Food Connection: The Right Food at the Right Time, page 139:

     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.

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.
   • 2003, M. Sara Rosenthal, The Natural Woman's Guide to Living with the Complications of Diabetes, page 42:

     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.

   • 2008, Jack Staub, 75 Exceptional Herbs for Your Garden, page 563:

     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.

   • 2011, Mary D Martino, Natural Health: Alternatives and Prevention of Disease, page 365:

     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.

Usage notes

The distinction between the herb and sweetener senses is often blurred.

Synonyms

• (any species of genus Stevia): candy leaf, sugar leaf, sweet honey leaf (Australia), sweet herb of Paraguay

Derived terms

• steviol

Translations

any species of genus Stevia

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (herb) 甜菊 (zh) (tiánjú), (leaf) 甜菊葉 / 甜菊叶 (tiánjúyè)

• Finnish: stevia (fi)
• French: stévia (fr) f, stévie f
• German: Stevia (de) f, Süßkraut n, Süßblatt n, Honigkraut n, Stevie (de) f
• Guaraní: ka`a heé
• Italian: stevia f
• Japanese: アマハステビア (Amaha sutebia), ステビア (sutebia)
• Korean: 스테비아 (seutebia)
• Polish: stewia (pl) f, skupnia f
• Portuguese: capim-doce m, erva-doce (pt) f, estévia (pt), stévia
• Russian: сте́вия (ru) f (stévija)
• Spanish: stevia f, estevia (es) f
• Swedish: stevia c
• Thai: หญ้าหวาน
• Turkish: stevia

sweetener

• Finnish: stevia (fi)
• French: stévie
• Polish: stewia (pl) f, stewiozyd m
• Russian: сте́вия (ru) f (stévija)
• Turkish: stevia

Further reading

• stevia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• stevia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• sative, save it

Finnish

Etymology

< translingual Stevia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsteʋiɑ/, [ˈs̠te̞ʋiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -eʋiɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ste‧via

Noun

stevia

1. stevia, candyleaf, sweetleaf, sugarleaf (plant of the genus Stevia)
2. stevia, Stevia rebaudiana
3. stevia (sweetener obtained from these plants, but primarily from Stevia rebaudiana)

Declension

Inflection of stevia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		stevia	steviat
genitive		stevian	stevioiden stevioitten
partitive		steviaa	stevioita
illative		steviaan	stevioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		stevia	steviat
accusative	nom.	stevia	steviat
	gen.	stevian
genitive		stevian	stevioiden stevioitten steviain rare
partitive		steviaa	stevioita
inessive		steviassa	stevioissa
elative		steviasta	stevioista
illative		steviaan	stevioihin
adessive		stevialla	stevioilla
ablative		stevialta	stevioilta
allative		stevialle	stevioille
essive		steviana	stevioina
translative		steviaksi	stevioiksi
abessive		steviatta	stevioitta
instructive		—	stevioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of stevia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative steviani steviani accusative nom. steviani steviani gen. steviani genitive steviani stevioideni stevioitteni steviaini rare partitive steviaani stevioitani inessive steviassani stevioissani elative steviastani stevioistani illative steviaani stevioihini adessive steviallani stevioillani ablative stevialtani stevioiltani allative stevialleni stevioilleni essive stevianani stevioinani translative steviakseni stevioikseni abessive steviattani stevioittani instructive — — comitative — stevioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative steviasi steviasi accusative nom. steviasi steviasi gen. steviasi genitive steviasi stevioidesi stevioittesi steviaisi rare partitive steviaasi stevioitasi inessive steviassasi stevioissasi elative steviastasi stevioistasi illative steviaasi stevioihisi adessive steviallasi stevioillasi ablative stevialtasi stevioiltasi allative steviallesi stevioillesi essive stevianasi stevioinasi translative steviaksesi stevioiksesi abessive steviattasi stevioittasi instructive — — comitative — stevioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative steviamme steviamme accusative nom. steviamme steviamme gen. steviamme genitive steviamme stevioidemme stevioittemme steviaimme rare partitive steviaamme stevioitamme inessive steviassamme stevioissamme elative steviastamme stevioistamme illative steviaamme stevioihimme adessive steviallamme stevioillamme ablative stevialtamme stevioiltamme allative steviallemme stevioillemme essive stevianamme stevioinamme translative steviaksemme stevioiksemme abessive steviattamme stevioittamme instructive — — comitative — stevioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative stevianne stevianne accusative nom. stevianne stevianne gen. stevianne genitive stevianne stevioidenne stevioittenne steviainne rare partitive steviaanne stevioitanne inessive steviassanne stevioissanne elative steviastanne stevioistanne illative steviaanne stevioihinne adessive steviallanne stevioillanne ablative stevialtanne stevioiltanne allative steviallenne stevioillenne essive steviananne stevioinanne translative steviaksenne stevioiksenne abessive steviattanne stevioittanne instructive — — comitative — stevioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative steviansa steviansa accusative nom. steviansa steviansa gen. steviansa genitive steviansa stevioidensa stevioittensa steviainsa rare partitive steviaansa stevioitaan stevioitansa inessive steviassaan steviassansa stevioissaan stevioissansa elative steviastaan steviastansa stevioistaan stevioistansa illative steviaansa stevioihinsa adessive steviallaan steviallansa stevioillaan stevioillansa ablative stevialtaan stevialtansa stevioiltaan stevioiltansa allative stevialleen steviallensa stevioilleen stevioillensa essive stevianaan stevianansa stevioinaan stevioinansa translative steviakseen steviaksensa stevioikseen stevioiksensa abessive steviattaan steviattansa stevioittaan stevioittansa instructive — — comitative — stevioineen stevioinensa

Synonyms

• (Stevia rebaudiana): makeastevia

Derived terms

compounds

• makeastevia

Further reading

• “stevia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Stevia, taxonomic genus named after 16^th century Spanish botanist Pedro Jaime Esteve (latinized as Petrus Jacobus Stevus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛ.vja/
• Rhymes: -ɛvja
• Hyphenation: stè‧via

Noun

stevia f (plural stevie)

1. stevia (plant of the genus Stevia)

Further reading

• stevia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• avesti, estiva, stiave, sviate, tesavi

Spanish

Alternative forms

• estevia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstebja/ [ˈst̪e.β̞ja], /esˈtebja/ [esˈt̪e.β̞ja]
• Rhymes: -ebja
• Syllabification: ste‧via

Noun

stevia f (plural stevias)

1. stevia