List of vegetables

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Some vegetables which are botanically fruits (such as tomatoes) are considered to be vegetables in the culinary sense. This is why they appear in this article.

• Alfalfa sprouts
• Anise
• Artichoke
• Arugula
• Asparagus
• Aubergine (UK) = Eggplant (US)
• Avocado
• Beans and peas
  • Azuki beans (or adzuki)
  • Bean sprouts
  • Black beans
  • Black-eyed peas
  • Borlotti beans
  • Broad beans
  • Chickpeas, Garbanzos, or ceci beans
  • Green beans
  • Kidney beans
  • Lentils
  • Lima bean or Butter bean
  • Mung beans
  • Navy beans
  • Runner beans
  • Soy beans
  • Peas
    • Mangetout or Snap peas
• Bok choy (US) (called Chinese leaves in the UK)
• Breadfruit
• Broccoflower (a hybrid)
• Broccoli
• Brussels sprouts
• Cabbage
• Calabrese
• Cauliflower
• Celery
• Chard
• Cilantro
• Collard greens
• Corn salad
• Endive
• Fennel
• Fiddleheads (young coiled fern leaves)
• Frisee
• Kale
• Kohlrabi
• Lemon grass
• Lettuce Lactuca sativa
• Maize (UK) = Corn (US) = Sweetcorn (actually a grain)
• Mushrooms (actually a fungus, not a plant)
• Mustard greens
• Nettles
• New Zealand spinach
• Okra
• Onion family
  • Chives
  • Garlic
  • Leek Allium porrum
  • Onion
  • Shallot
  • Spring onion (UK) == Green onion (US) == Scallion
• Parsley
• Peppers (actually fruits, but treated as vegetables)
  • Green pepper and Red pepper == bell pepper == pimento
  • Chile pepper == Capsicum
    • Jalapeno
    • Habanero
    • Paprika
    • Tabasco
    • Cayenne pepper
• Radicchio
• Rhubarb
• Root vegetables
  • Beetroot (UK) == Beet (US)
    • mangel-wurzel: a variety of beet used mostly as cattlefeed
  • Carrot
  • Celeriac
  • Daikon
  • Fennel
• Radish
  • Swede (UK) == Rutabaga (US)
  • Turnip
  • Wasabi
  • White radish
• Salsify (usually Purple Salsify or Oyster Plant)
• Skirret
• Spinach
• Squashes (actually fruits, but treated as vegetables)
  • Acorn squash
  • Butternut squash
  • Courgette (UK) == Zucchini (US)
  • Cucumber
  • Gem squash
  • Marrow (UK) == Squash (US) Cucurbita maxima
  • Patty pans
  • Pumpkin
  • Spaghetti squash
• Tat soi
• Tomato (actually a fruit, but treated as a vegetable)
• Tubers
  • Jicama
  • Jerusalem artichoke
  • Potato
  • Sweet potato
  • Taro
  • Yam
• Water chestnut
• Watercress