Etymology

stevia

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Today it means: Any of the sweet herbs of genus Stevia, native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America and western North America. Full definition →

First used 19th c.translingual Stevia
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromStevia
  2. English todaystevia

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

First known use, by meaning

  • from 19th c. 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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