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ˈcrook-neck U.S. [crook n. C.] A name given to varieties of squash (Cucurbita maxima) having the neck or narrow basal part recurved.
1848Lowell Biglow P. Poems 1890 II. 10 Agin' the chimbly crooknecks hung. 1860Emerson Cond. Life, Wealth (1861) 66 The cantelopes, crook-necks, and cucumbers. |