crookneck
AmericanEtymology
Origin of crookneck
Example Sentences
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They have a bulbous base that tapers at the other end and fall into either the crookneck or straightneck category, which simply indicates whether the plant curves.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2021
Their density is similar to pattypan and they have a shape that isn’t usually as curved as crookneck, making it easier to slice and dice.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2021
These beauties are a hybrid between yellow crookneck, delicata and yellow acorn squash.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2021
Farmers are raising old-time crops like crookneck squash and muscadine grapes to sell to her.
From Washington Post
Her eyes were the yellow of crookneck squash, and the nails of her grasping hands had been broken down, her fingers covered with dirt.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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