Vegetables That Start With G

9 vegetables Food and drink Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 9 vegetables that start with G, 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.

Green is the word that dominates G. Green bean, green onion, green pea and green pepper all appear, which makes this an easy page for young readers.

Other G picks have strong flavours. Garlic grows as a bulb made of cloves, and ginger is a knobbly spicy root. Gherkin is a small prickly cucumber, usually pickled. Garbanzo is another name for chickpea, so it also links to the C page. Goa bean is the rare find here, a tropical bean that few shoppers have tried.

Vegetables starting with G: 9
Best known: green bean, green onion
Longest name: green pepper

Best-known vegetables that start with G

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

green bean
green onion
green pea
garlic
ginger

All vegetables that start with G

#	Name	What it is
1	garbanzo	large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried
2	garlic	strong-smelling bulb made of cloves used in cooking
3	gherkin	small prickly cucumber
4	ginger	spicy knobbly root used in cooking
5	goa bean	Old World tropical bean
6	green bean	immature bean pod eaten as a vegetable
7	green onion	a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads
8	green pea	fresh pea
9	green pepper	a sweet pepper that becomes red when ripe

Questions people ask

How many vegetables start with G?

This list has 9 vegetables starting with G, from well-known ones like green bean, green onion, green pea to rarer kinds.

What vegetables start with G?

Well-known examples are green bean, green onion, green pea, garlic, ginger.

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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