any of several varieties of squash with a curved neck
crookneck in American English
(ˈkrʊkˌnɛk)
US
noun
any of several varieties of squash with a long, tapering, curved neck
crookneck in American English
(ˈkrukˌnek)
noun
1.
any of several varieties of squash having a long, recurved neck
2.
any plant bearing such fruit
Word origin
[1750–60, Amer.; crook1 + neck]This word is first recorded in the period 1750–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Yankee, continental, infiltrate, railroad, summation