# stevia

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈstiːvɪə/ · frequency rank #50,822

## Definitions
1. Any of the sweet herbs of genus Stevia, native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America and western North America.
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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stevia