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It is the name of a plant and also of a botanical genus belonging to the family Asteraceae. In Guarani it is called Ka'a He'e, which means sweet grass. Its scientific name is Stevia rebaudiana. It is also the name of a sweetener that is extracted from that plant. Stevia means dedicated to Pedro Jaime Esteve, in honor of Pedro Juan Esteve, the name of a Spanish botanist, physicist and mathematician.