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Vegetables that start with R

9 vegetables, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of.

Rare but real

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

Runner bean
Long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths. Beans & peas, Schooler

All 9 vegetables that start with R

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

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Vegetables that start with R, with definition, group, rarity tier and monthly searches
NameWhat it isGroup
also Pieplant Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened. Other vegetables Plankton 165K
Pungent fleshy edible root. Cabbage family Plankton 110K
also Swede, Swedish turnip, Yellow turnip The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food. Cabbage family Plankton 110K
also Cos lettuce, Romaine Lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head. Leafy greens Too Clever 74K
Prized variety of chicory having globose heads of red leaves. Leafy greens Too Clever 61K
also Purple onion Flat mild onion having purplish tunics. Onions & garlic Too Clever 61K
Very hot red peppers. Tomatoes, peppers & eggplant Too Clever 61K
Compact head of purplish-red leaves. Cabbage family Too Clever 22K
also Scarlet runner, Scarlet runner bean, English runner bean Long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths. Beans & peas Schooler 3.6K

Questions about vegetables that start with R

How many vegetables start with R?

RareList lists 9 vegetables that start with R. 3 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and none is rarer than the Schooler tier.

What are common vegetables that start with R?

The most searched vegetables starting with R are Rhubarb, Radish, Rutabaga, Romaine lettuce and Radicchio.

Which vegetable that starts with R is the least searched?

Runner bean, with about 3.6K US searches a month, which puts it in the Schooler tier. Long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths.

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.