crookneck
[kroo k-nek]
- any of several varieties of squash having a long, recurved neck.
- any plant bearing such fruit.
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Origin of crookneck
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Somewhat of the form and color of the Common Winter Crookneck.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of AmericaFearing Burr
I resolved that my Canada crookneck seeds should be such as had grown in Canada.
Excursions and PoemsHenry David Thoreau
The Bush Summer Crookneck is generally esteemed the finest of the summer varieties.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of AmericaFearing Burr
Like the Summer Crookneck, the scolloped squashes are used while young or in a green state.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of AmericaFearing Burr