crookneck
[ kroo k-nek ]
/ ˈkrʊkˌnɛk /
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noun
any of several varieties of squash having a long, recurved neck.
any plant bearing such fruit.
Nearby words
crookes radiometer, crookes space, crookes tube, crookes, sir william, crookesite, crookneck, crool, croon, crooner, crop, crop circle
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Examples from the Web for crookneck
Like the Summer Crookneck, the scolloped squashes are used while young or in a green state.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America|Fearing BurrThe Bush Summer Crookneck is generally esteemed the finest of the summer varieties.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America|Fearing BurrSomewhat of the form and color of the Common Winter Crookneck.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America|Fearing BurrI resolved that my Canada crookneck seeds should be such as had grown in Canada.
Excursions and Poems|Henry David Thoreau