Stevia
WordNet
noun
(1) Any plant of the genus Piqueria or the closely related genus Stevia
(2) Any plant of the genus Stevia or the closely related genus Piqueria having glutinous foliage and white or purplish flowers; Central and South America
WiktionaryText
Proper noun
Stevia
- A taxonomic genus, within family Asteraceae - the sweet herb stevia.
Descendants
The stevia plant stevia rebaudiana bertoni (also known as eupatorium rebaudianum bertoni) is known by the following names in other languages: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Stevia.html
- Chinese: 甜菊 (Tian ju), 甜菊叶 (Tian ju ye - stevia leaf)
- English : Candy leaf, Stevia, Sugar leaf, Sweetleaf (USA), Sweet honey leaf (Australia), Sweet herb of Paraguay
- French: Stévia
- German: Stevia
- Italian: Piccolo arbusto con foglio più dolce, Stevia
- Japanese: アマハステビア (Amaha sutebia)
- Marathi: Madhu Parani
- Portuguese: Capim doce, Erva doce, Estévia (Brazil), Folhas da stévia, Stévia
- Sanskrit: Madhu Patra
- Spanish: Caá-ché, Hierba dulce, Ka´a he´ê (Guaraníes - Natives of Paraguay), Stevia del norte de Paraguay, Yerba dulce
- Swedish: Stevia
- Tamil: Seeni Tulsi
- Telugu: Madhu Patri
- Thai: Satiwia, หญ้าหวาน (Ya wan - Bangkok)