单词 | crook-neck |
释义 | crook-neckn. U.S. A name given to varieties of squash ( Cucurbita maxima) having the neck or narrow basal part recurved. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > squash melon-pompion1577 simnel1640 squash1643 cushaw1698 simlin1775 squash-pumpkin1819 squash gourd1823 summer crookneck1832 melon pumpkin1840 bush gourd1842 crook-neck1844 Hubbard squash1868 mirliton1901 butternut pumpkin1916 buttercup1930 butternut1940 1844 J. G. Whittier Pumpkin 15 Fields... Where crook-necks are coiling and yellow fruit shines. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. Notices 8 Agin' the chimbly crooknecks hung. 1860 R. W. Emerson Wealth in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 95 The cantelopes, crook-necks, and cucumbers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844 |
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