Vegetables That Start With Every Letter
Here are vegetables that start with every letter from A to Z: 134 in all, with examples for each letter and a full page for every letter that has enough of them.
All 134 vegetables are spread across the alphabet here. S leads with eighteen, followed by C with seventeen and B with thirteen. P and R each add ten, so those five letters give plenty of choice.
The hard letters are Q, V and X, which have no vegetables on this list at all. I and Z have one each, iceberg lettuce and zucchini. Y is better than expected, with five, including yam, yardlong bean and yuca. W offers watercress, wasabi and water chestnut, so it is easier than it first seems.
- Vegetables listed
- 134
- Most common first letter
- S
- Letters with none
- Q, V, X
Vegetables by letter
| Letter | How many | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| A | 6 | asparagus, artichoke, arugula, aubergine, acorn squash |
| B | 13 | broccoli, beet, bell pepper, brussels sprouts, butternut squash |
| C | 17 | carrot, cabbage, cucumber, celery, cauliflower |
| D | 2 | daikon, dandelion green |
| E | 3 | eggplant, edamame, endive |
| F | 2 | fava bean, fennel |
| G | 9 | green bean, green onion, green pea, garlic, ginger |
| H | 3 | horseradish, hubbard squash, husk tomato |
| I | 1 | iceberg lettuce |
| J | 2 | jalapeno, jicama |
| K | 3 | kale, kidney bean, kohlrabi |
| L | 6 | lettuce, leek, lentil, lima bean, lotus root |
| M | 4 | mushroom, mung bean, marrow, mustard greens |
| N | 2 | napa cabbage, navy bean |
| O | 2 | onion, okra |
| P | 10 | pepper, potato, pumpkin, pea, parsnip |
| Q | 0 | No common vegetables start with Q |
| R | 10 | rhubarb, radish, romanesco, red pepper, romaine |
| S | 18 | squash, spinach, sweet potato, shallot, scallion |
| T | 7 | tomato, turnip, tomatillo, truffle, taro |
| U | 2 | ulluco, upland cress |
| V | 0 | No common vegetables start with V |
| W | 6 | watercress, wasabi, water chestnut, white bean, wax bean |
| X | 0 | No common vegetables start with X |
| Y | 5 | yam, yardlong bean, yuca, yellow bean, yellow squash |
| Z | 1 | zucchini |
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Questions people ask
Which letter do the most vegetables start with?
S, with 18 on this site's list.
Are there vegetables for every letter?
Not in this list. No common vegetables start with Q, V, X.
Source: Princeton WordNet, a public dictionary database, reviewed by our editors to keep only clear, real members of the list. Meanings are short dictionary glosses.