Vegetables That Start With U

2 vegetables Food and drink Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 2 vegetables that start with U, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. They are listed below with what each one is.

U has two vegetables, and neither is common in most supermarkets. Ulluco is a colourful root from the Andes mountains with crisp flesh, often bright yellow, pink or purple.

Upland cress is a peppery leafy green, similar to watercress, that grows in soil rather than water. Both are useful rare answers in alphabet games, where U is one of the trickiest letters. If you need an easier U food, the fruit list has ume, a sour plum from Japan.

Vegetables starting with U: 2
Best known: ulluco, upland cress
Longest name: upland cress

All vegetables that start with U

#	Name	What it is
1	ulluco	colorful Andean root vegetable with crisp flesh
2	upland cress	peppery leafy green similar to watercress

Questions people ask

How many vegetables start with U?

This list has 2 vegetables starting with U, from well-known ones like ulluco, upland cress to rarer kinds.

What vegetables start with U?

Well-known examples are ulluco, upland cress.

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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