Crossword clues for crookneck
The Collaborative International Dictionary
crookneck \crook"neck`\, n. Either of two varieties of squash, distinguished by their tapering, recurved necks. The summer crookneck is botanically a variety of the pumpkin ( Cucurbita pepo) and matures early in the season. It is pale yellow in color, with warty excrescences. The winter crookneck belongs to a distinct species ( Cucurbita moschata) and is smooth and often striped. [U. S.]
Syn: crookneck squash. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] ||
Wiktionary
n. Any of several yellow varieties of squash having a curved neck.
WordNet
n. yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin [syn: crookneck squash, summer crookneck]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "crookneck".
At Lincoln, they had made a temporary detour, driving to Crookneck Lake for a food break and a bath.
After their break at Crookneck Lake, they had piled all the supplies in the rear section again.
When I came closer to them, however, I realized that what I had taken for blossoms were really crookneck squash hanging heavy on their vines.
I was driving back from Ojai and mistook a field of crookneck squash for yellow flowers.
Never had Rudelle seen such perfect red tomatoes, crooknecks so large and glossy yellow that they did not seem real.
A hundred years ago the land had produced citrus and cotton, but back-to-back winter freezes had prompted a switch to more durable cropswatermelon, cabbage and crookneck squash.
A hundred years ago the land had produced citrus and cotton, but back-to-back winter freezes had prompted a switch to more durable crops—watermelon, cabbage and crookneck squash.
I'm not interested in hundred-foot rocks shaped like crookneck squash.
Back home we have the most glorious garden each and every summer, so it’s only natural that my father thought to bring over seeds in his pockets: Kentucky Wonder beans, crookneck and patty-pan squash, Big Boy tomatoes.