Vegetables That Start With D

2 vegetables Food and drink Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 2 vegetables that start with D, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. They are listed below with what each one is.

D is a quiet letter for vegetables, with just two entries. Daikon is a large white radish with a mild taste, common in East Asian cooking.

The other is dandelion green, the leaves of the common dandelion. They can be picked from the wild and used in salads, which surprises children who know the plant only as a garden weed. Because D is short on vegetables, these two answers are worth remembering for any alphabet challenge. The hub page shows richer letters if you need more choice.

Vegetables starting with D: 2
Best known: daikon
Longest name: dandelion green

All vegetables that start with D

#	Name	What it is
1	daikon	large white mild-tasting radish
2	dandelion green	edible leaves of the common dandelion collected from the wild; used in salads and in making wine

Questions people ask

How many vegetables start with D?

This list has 2 vegetables starting with D, from well-known ones like daikon to rarer kinds.

What vegetables start with D?

Well-known examples are daikon.

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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