Stevia is the common name for extracts from the plant Stevia rebaudiana. In the U.S., a purified component form of the plant â called rebaudioside A (rebiana) â is generally recognized as safe by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and may be used as an artificial sweetener in foods and beverages.
Definition of pampa plural pampas play \ Ëpam-pÉz,-pÉs, ËpÃ¤m-\ : an extensive generally grass-covered plain of temperate South America east of the Andes : prairie
Several smaller plains in other parts of South America, such as the desert of northern Chile, are also referred to by the term Pampas. 1  The Argentine Pampas covers an area of approximately 295,000 square miles (760,000 square km) and is divided into two distinct zones. The dry zone in the west, which includes most of La Pampa province, is largely barren, with great saline areas, brackish streams, and sandy deserts.