Vidalia onion
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- noun
- /vəˈdeɪljə ˈʌnjən/
- US
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cebolla Vidalia
- Bibi got her martini with vodka and a pickled baby Vidalia onion.
- Vidalia onion slices
- chopped Vidalia onion
- 1 cup of Vidalia onions
Examples
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At the farmers' market, I bought a bag full of sweet, juicy Vidalia onions straight from Georgia.
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I used a datil pepper instead of jalapeno (a local pepper that is quite hot) and various bell peppers because that is what I had, and Vidalia onions, also because that is what I had.
Blog text (5) -
On into town, signs rose up at each side of the road, locally made hand-lettered signs for pecans, papaya juice, Vidalia onions—the original.
Fiction book (1991) -
For my salad, I added sliced Vidalia onions for their mild flavor and sweetness.
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The recipe calls for caramelizing Vidalia onions to enhance their natural sweetness.
Synonyms
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A round vegetable with layers and a strong taste used in cooking
How Mild
Surface Forms
Morphology
Vidalia + onion
The phrase is a proper-name + noun construction, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it refers to a particular kind of onion (an onion called or from Vidalia). However, the specific properties in the definition — that it is especially sweet and grown in Georgia, USA — are cultural/lexical facts not predictable from the parts, so full meaning requires prior exposure.
Etymology
Vidalia onion comes from the town of Vidalia in Georgia, USA, where farmers began growing a naturally sweet, mild onion. Because the soil and weather there made the onions less sharp, people used the town name for this type of onion, so Vidalia onion now means a 'sweet, mild' onion from that region.