Vegetables That Start With E

3 vegetables Food and drink Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 3 vegetables that start with E, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. They are listed below with what each one is.

Eggplant is the easy E vegetable, named for its egg shape and shiny skin, which is usually deep purple.

Edamame is the second, young green soybeans cooked in the pod and often served as a snack. Endive rounds out the list with frilly, slightly bitter leaves. Three vegetables in total makes E small but useful. A fun fact for kids: eggplant and aubergine are the same vegetable with two different names, so one word can count under E and the other under A.

Vegetables starting with E: 3
Best known: eggplant, edamame
Longest name: eggplant

All vegetables that start with E

#	Name	What it is
1	edamame	young green soybeans cooked in the pod
2	eggplant	egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
3	endive	variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges

Questions people ask

How many vegetables start with E?

This list has 3 vegetables starting with E, from well-known ones like eggplant, edamame to rarer kinds.

What vegetables start with E?

Well-known examples are eggplant, edamame.

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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