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