Vidalian.
/vɪˈdeɪlɪə/ U.S.
Used attributively to designate a sweet variety of onion originally grown in Vidalia.
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1969 Vidalia (Georgia) Advance 22 May (Advt. Suppl.) Fancy ‘new crop’ Vidalia onions.
1984 Tampa (Florida) Tribune 5 Apr. 1 e/3 Then there are the big, yellow-skinned, sweet Vidalia onions, Maui onions or Walla Walla onions, all Granex onions that sometimes are grown from seeds produced in Hillsborough County.
1985 L. Sanders Fourth Deadly Sin ii. 12 Smoked chub tucked into a split croissant—with maybe a thin slice of Vidalia onion.
1990 Yankee Mar. 137/2 (advt.) The fresh flavor of our hand-selected Vidalia Sweet Onions can now be enjoyed just by calling the toll-free number.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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