Vegetables that start with C

33 vegetables, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 2 of them are in the Rare tier or rarer.

11 Plankton
14 Too Clever
6 Schooler
2 Rare
0 Deep Cut
0 One in a Krillion

Rare but real

Names that are easy to defend and hard to guess. Good when you need an answer no one else will have.

Cocozelle: Squash resembling zucchini. Squash & pumpkins, Rare
Chop-suey greens: Succulent and aromatic young dark green leaves used in Chinese and Vietnamese and Japanese cooking. Leafy greens, Rare
Crisphead lettuce: Lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head. Leafy greens, Schooler
Crookneck: Yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin. Squash & pumpkins, Schooler
Cushaw: Globose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rind. Squash & pumpkins, Schooler
Cocoyam: Tropical starchy tuberous root. Root vegetables, Schooler

All 33 vegetables that start with C

Sorted by search interest, most familiar first. The last column is average monthly US Google searches.

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Vegetables that start with C, with definition, group, rarity tier and monthly searches
Name	What it is	Group
	Pale green, pear-shaped squash from Mexico, eaten raw or cooked.	Other vegetables	Plankton	246K
	Tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties.	Other vegetables	Plankton	246K
	Orange root.	Root vegetables	Plankton	201K
	Perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning.	Onions & garlic	Plankton	201K
also Garbanzo	Large white roundish Asiatic legume.	Beans & peas	Plankton	165K
also Cuke	Cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable.	Other vegetables	Plankton	165K
	Any of various types of cabbage.	Cabbage family	Plankton	135K
also Cayenne	A long and often twisted hot red pepper.	Tomatoes, peppers & eggplant	Plankton	135K
also Collards	Kale that has smooth leaves.	Cabbage family	Plankton	135K
	Compact head of white undeveloped flowers.	Cabbage family	Plankton	110K
	Stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning.	Other vegetables	Plankton	110K
also Curly endive	Crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste.	Leafy greens	Too Clever	91K
also Romaine, Romaine lettuce	Lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head.	Leafy greens	Too Clever	91K
	Small red to yellow tomatoes.	Tomatoes, peppers & eggplant	Too Clever	50K
also Pigeon pea	Small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant.	Beans & peas	Too Clever	41K
	Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency.	Tomatoes, peppers & eggplant	Too Clever	41K
	A ripe jalapeno that has been dried for use in cooking.	Tomatoes, peppers & eggplant	Too Clever	41K
also Zucchini	Small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow.	Squash & pumpkins	Too Clever	41K
also Celery root	Thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant.	Root vegetables	Too Clever	33K
also Swiss chard, Spinach beet, Leaf beet	Long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves.	Leafy greens	Too Clever	33K
	A plant of the genus Valerianella.	Leafy greens	Too Clever	33K
also Celery cabbage, Chinese celery	Elongated head of crisp celery-like stalks and light green leaves.	Cabbage family	Too Clever	27K
	The common green broccoli with a large head.	Cabbage family	Too Clever	22K
	Only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery).	Other vegetables	Too Clever	22K
also Black-eyed pea	Eaten fresh as shell beans or dried.	Beans & peas	Too Clever	12K
	Leaves having celery-like stems eaten raw or cooked.	Leafy greens	Schooler	8.1K
	Pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs.	Leafy greens	Schooler	8.1K
also Taro, Taro root, Dasheen	Tropical starchy tuberous root.	Root vegetables	Schooler	5.4K
also Crookneck squash, Summer crookneck	Yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin.	Squash & pumpkins	Schooler	4.4K
	Globose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rind.	Squash & pumpkins	Schooler	4.4K
also Iceberg lettuce	Lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head.	Leafy greens	Schooler	1.3K
	Squash resembling zucchini.	Squash & pumpkins	Rare	260
	Succulent and aromatic young dark green leaves used in Chinese and Vietnamese and Japanese cooking.	Leafy greens	Rare	110

Questions about vegetables that start with C

How many vegetables start with C?

RareList lists 33 vegetables that start with C. 11 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 2 are in the Rare tier or rarer.

What are common vegetables that start with C?

The most searched vegetables starting with C are Chayote, Corn, Carrot, Chives and Chickpea.

What is a rare vegetable that starts with C?

Chop-suey greens is one of the rarest. Succulent and aromatic young dark green leaves used in Chinese and Vietnamese and Japanese cooking. It gets about 110 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Cocozelle, Crisphead lettuce and Crookneck.

How does RareList decide what counts as rare?

Each name is ranked by its average monthly Google searches in the United States. Fewer searches means fewer people are likely to think of it, which is what matters in games that reward unique answers. See how we rank for the details.