Spanish onion

American  

noun

1. a large-sized, mild, succulent onion, often eaten raw.

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Spanish onion British  

noun

1. any of several varieties of large mild-flavoured onions

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Example Sentences

The man gave him a long look, hrrmphed, reached toward the floor beside his desk and came up with a huge Spanish onion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Was Bordoni vexed, asked the sheetlet, because her husband had presented, so sensationally, this Spanish onion ?

From Time Magazine Archive

No. 8 "Nutton," put through a food chopper, 1/2 Spanish onion boiled and finely chopped, 2 teacupsful zweiback bread crumbs, a little sage, salt to taste.

From Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. by Mill, Mrs. (Jean Oliver)

Spanish onion boiled and eaten freely at bed-time is an excellent laxative.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

Chop a Spanish onion, fry it in butter, and add a tablespoonful of curry powder mixed with a teaspoonful of flour.

From How to Cook Fish by Reed, Myrtle