stevia
[ stee-vee-uh, stev-ee-uh ]
/ ˈsti vi ə, ˈstɛv i ə /
noun
a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
a noncaloric, powdered sweetener made from glycoside extracts of the leaves of this shrub.
Origin of stevia
1805–10; < New Latin, from the name of Petrus Jacobus
Stevus (Pedro Jaime Esteve), died 1555, Spanish physician and botanist