Vegetables That Start With B

13 vegetables Food and drink Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 13 vegetables that start with B, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. The best-known ones come first, then the full list in A to Z order.

Beans fill a big part of the B list. Black bean, broad bean, butter bean and bean sprout all appear, along with plain bean.

The best known choices for children are broccoli, beet and bell pepper, which come in bright colours that are easy to draw. Brussels sprouts grow as small buds along a tall stalk, which surprises many kids. Bamboo shoot and bok choi add an Asian touch. Beet and beetroot mean the same thing, so a fair game would count them once. Thirteen entries make B one of the stronger vegetable letters.

Vegetables starting with B: 13
Best known: broccoli, beet
Longest name: brussels sprouts

Best-known vegetables that start with B

The ones most people will recognise, good for school lists, quizzes and games.

broccoli
beet
bell pepper
brussels sprouts
butternut squash

All vegetables that start with B

#	Name	What it is
1	bamboo shoot	edible young shoots of bamboo
2	bean	any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
3	bean sprout	any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans
4	beet	round red root vegetable
5	beetroot	round red root vegetable
6	bell pepper	large bell-shaped sweet pepper in green or red or yellow or orange or black varieties
7	black bean	black-seeded bean of South America; usually dried
8	bok choi	elongated head of dark green leaves on thick white stalks
9	broad bean	shell beans cooked as lima beans
10	broccoli	branched green undeveloped flower heads
11	brussels sprouts	the small edible cabbage-like buds growing along a stalk of the brussels sprout plant
12	butter bean	small flat green bean similar to lima beans
13	butternut squash	pear-shaped squash with tan skin and orange flesh

Short vegetables with B

beet
bean

Questions people ask

How many vegetables start with B?

This list has 13 vegetables starting with B, from well-known ones like broccoli, beet, bell pepper to rarer kinds.

What vegetables start with B?

Well-known examples are broccoli, beet, bell pepper, brussels sprouts, butternut squash.

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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