crookneck

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  1. noun Any of several edible varieties of summer squash having a narrow crooked or curved neck and a yellow rind and flesh.

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  • Recommended varieties of summer crookneck squash are Prelude II, Dixie, Gentry, Goldie and Supersett. —  theadvertiser.com -
  • Miss., has scrutinized bees pollinating pumpkin, zucchini, and crookneck and straightneck squash in fields near his laboratory. —  High Plains Journal
  • But Lud said he will cut his schedule from five to four days a week at the sawmill, to spend more time on his cattle ranch and with the Willamette raspberries, crookneck squash and Kentucky Wonder pole beans in his garden.
  • This is my first time growing yellow crookneck squash. —  I'm Mad and I Eat
  • Then the crookneck plant began a strange growth surge. —  I'm Mad and I Eat
 

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