crookneck
[ kroo k-nek ]
/ ˈkrʊkˌnɛk /
noun
any of several varieties of squash having a long, recurved neck.
any plant bearing such fruit.
Words nearby crookneck
crookes lens,
crookes radiometer,
crookes space,
crookes tube,
crookesite,
crookneck,
crool,
croon,
crop,
crop circle,
crop duster
Example sentences 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