Vegetables That Start With A

6 vegetables Food and drink Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 6 vegetables that start with A, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. They are listed below with what each one is.

Six vegetables start with A. Asparagus, artichoke and arugula are the three most people will know, and arugula also goes by the name rocket.

Aubergine is the British name for eggplant, a good example of one vegetable with two names. Acorn squash is a small ribbed squash with orange flesh, and alfalfa sprouts are tiny sprouted seeds used in salads and sandwiches. For young learners, artichoke is fun to explore, since you eat the fleshy leaves and the heart of a flower bud.

Vegetables starting with A: 6
Best known: asparagus, artichoke
Longest name: alfalfa sprout

All vegetables that start with A

#	Name	What it is
1	acorn squash	small dark green or yellow ribbed squash with yellow to orange flesh
2	alfalfa sprout	sprouted alfalfa seeds
3	artichoke	a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart
4	arugula	peppery green salad leaf, also called rocket
5	asparagus	edible young shoots of the asparagus plant
6	aubergine	egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow

Questions people ask

How many vegetables start with A?

This list has 6 vegetables starting with A, from well-known ones like asparagus, artichoke, arugula to rarer kinds.

What vegetables start with A?

Well-known examples are asparagus, artichoke, arugula.

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.

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