Plant-based sweetener

• Central and South America
• Sweetener for some diabetics
• Sugar substitute
• Plant-based sugar substitute
• Equal rival
• What sweetens some soy sauce

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Stevia (, or ) is a genus of about 240 species of herbs and shrubs in the sunflower family ( Asteraceae ), native to subtropical and tropical regions from western North America to South America. The species Stevia rebaudiana is widely grown for the sweet ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any plant of the genus Stevia or the closely related genus Piqueria having glutinous foliage and white or purplish flowers; Central and South America any plant of the genus Piqueria or the closely related genus Stevia

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 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 (taxlink Stevia rebaudiana species noshow=1), ...