WINTER CROOKNECK
Dictionary entry overview: What does winter crookneck mean? • WINTER CROOKNECK (noun)
The noun WINTER CROOKNECK has 1 sense:
1. any of various plants bearing squash having hard rinds and elongated recurved necks
Familiarity information: WINTER CROOKNECK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WINTER CROOKNECK (noun)
Meaning:
Any of various plants bearing squash having hard rinds and elongated recurved necks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cucurbita moschata; winter crookneck; winter crookneck squash
Hypernyms ("winter crookneck" is a kind of...):
winter squash; winter squash plant (any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall)
Meronyms (parts of "winter crookneck"):
winter crookneck squash (a squash with a hard rind and an elongated curved neck)
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