SPANISH ONION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spanish onion mean? 

• SPANISH ONION (noun)
  The noun SPANISH ONION has 1 sense:

1. large mild and succulent onion; often eaten raw

  Familiarity information: SPANISH ONION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPANISH ONION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large mild and succulent onion; often eaten raw

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("Spanish onion" is a kind of...):

onion (an aromatic flavorful vegetable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Spanish onion"):

purple onion; red onion (flat mild onion having purplish tunics; used as garnish on hamburgers and salads)