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Vidalia onion

American  

noun

  1. a large, usually somewhat flat onion with a sweet white flesh.


Etymology

Origin of Vidalia onion

First recorded in 1960–65; from Vidalia, a city in Georgia


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I remember my mother being equally as excited as Miss Cathy over Vidalia onion season.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2024

Fans of his cooking at the hotel can look forward to his buttery Vidalia onion bisque come spring.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2016

Kurt Schweitzer, president of Keystone Fruit Marketing, is proud that his company’s Vidalia onion farm in Walla Walla, Wash., which supplies Costco, has been certified.

From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2015

The state owns the Vidalia onion trademark and has to protect the brand, Black said.

From Reuters ● Nov. 12, 2013

Todd says he can tell the difference between the taste of a Vidalia onion and one grown a mere 50 miles away.

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