stevia

甜[叶]菊

发音

UK /ˈstiːvɪə/
其它
UK /ˈstɛvɪə/

词形变化

stevias 复数 stevias

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    甜菊

    甜菊叶

  2. 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.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

herb

词源

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

来源：wiktionary