Vegetables That Start With H

3 vegetables Food and drink Checked 9 Oct 2026

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

H has three vegetables, and horseradish is the one most people know. It is a white root that is grated into a hot, sharp relish.

The other two are more unusual. Hubbard squash is a large winter squash with a warty grey green rind. Husk tomato is a small tomato like fruit wrapped in a papery shell, closely related to the tomatillo. These make good surprise answers in a vegetable alphabet round, since many players stall on H.

Vegetables starting with H: 3
Best known: horseradish
Longest name: hubbard squash

All vegetables that start with H

#	Name	What it is
1	horseradish	pungent white root grated as a hot relish
2	hubbard squash	large football-shaped winter squash with a warty grey-green rind
3	husk tomato	small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk

Questions people ask

How many vegetables start with H?

This list has 3 vegetables starting with H, from well-known ones like horseradish to rarer kinds.

What vegetables start with H?

Well-known examples are horseradish.

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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