Vegetables That Start With T

7 vegetables Food and drink Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 7 vegetables that start with T, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. They are listed below with what each one is.

Tomato and turnip are the easy T answers for children, and the list has seven vegetables in total. Tomatillo is a small green fruit wrapped in a papery husk, used in green salsa.

Two entries are surprising. Truffle is an edible fungus that grows underground, and taro is a starchy tropical root. Turban squash gets its name from its shape, which looks like a wrapped head covering. Turnip greens are the tender young leaves of the turnip, so one plant gives two foods on this page.

Vegetables starting with T: 7
Best known: tomato, turnip
Longest name: turban squash

All vegetables that start with T

#	Name	What it is
1	taro	tropical starchy tuberous root
2	tomatillo	small green tomato-like fruit in a papery husk
3	tomato	mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
4	truffle	edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber
5	turban squash	large squash shaped somewhat like a turban usually with a rounded central portion protruding from the blossom end
6	turnip	root of any of several members of the mustard family
7	turnip greens	tender leaves of young white turnips

Questions people ask

How many vegetables start with T?

This list has 7 vegetables starting with T, from well-known ones like tomato, turnip, tomatillo to rarer kinds.

What vegetables start with T?

Well-known examples are tomato, turnip, tomatillo.

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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