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Most people are growing either summer crookneck or zucchinis.
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Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Feb. 2021
The blooms on the crookneck squash looked like giant yellow trumpets.
—cleveland, 31 Oct. 2020
The kind of woman who’d spend hours carving swan figures out of crookneck squash but couldn’t even make a good brisket (the fattiest, most mess-up-proof cut of meat).
—Alison Roman, Bon Appétit, 3 Dec. 2019
Squash: The summer squashes like pattypan, zucchini and crooknecks are everywhere, and in a few more weeks, expect some overlap with the winter varieties.
—Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 9 Oct. 2019
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Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Feb. 2021
The blooms on the crookneck squash looked like giant yellow trumpets.
—cleveland, 31 Oct. 2020
The kind of woman who’d spend hours carving swan figures out of crookneck squash but couldn’t even make a good brisket (the fattiest, most mess-up-proof cut of meat).
—Alison Roman, Bon Appétit, 3 Dec. 2019
Squash: The summer squashes like pattypan, zucchini and crooknecks are everywhere, and in a few more weeks, expect some overlap with the winter varieties.
—Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 9 Oct. 2019
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“Crookneck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crookneck. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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crookneck
noun
crook·neck
ˈkru̇k-ˌnek 
: a squash with a long curved neck
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