Vegetables That Start With L

6 vegetables Food and drink Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 6 vegetables that start with L, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. They are listed below with what each one is.

L gives six vegetables, and many are leaves or seeds. Lettuce and leaf lettuce are the salad picks, while leek is a mild relative of the onion with a long white stem.

Lentils and lima beans are both seeds from the bean and pea family. Lima beans must be cooked before eating. Lotus root is the most surprising entry, a crunchy root with a pattern of holes that looks lovely when sliced. It is a good item for a show and tell or an art printing session.

Vegetables starting with L: 6
Best known: lettuce, leek
Longest name: leaf lettuce

All vegetables that start with L

#	Name	What it is
1	leaf lettuce	lettuce with loosely curled leaves that do not form a compact head
2	leek	related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves
3	lentil	round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food
4	lettuce	leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa
5	lima bean	broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw
6	lotus root	crunchy root of the lotus plant with holes

Questions people ask

How many vegetables start with L?

This list has 6 vegetables starting with L, from well-known ones like lettuce, leek, lentil to rarer kinds.

What vegetables start with L?

Well-known examples are lettuce, leek, lentil, lima bean, lotus root.

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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