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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A variety of summer squash (Cucurbita pepo) having a narrow curved neck and a yellow rind.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a crooked neck: applied to several varieties of squash having a long recurved neck.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun United States 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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any of several yellow varieties of squash having a curved neck

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin

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