Examples of crookneck in a Sentence
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Common summer squash types include zucchini, yellow crookneck, yellow straightneck, and pattypan.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
9 June 2026
This category includes crookneck, straightneck, patty pan, and zephyr squash.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 May 2026
Think baby vegetables, pattypan squash, zucchini, crookneck and bright yellow summer squash.
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Judy Bart Kancigor,
Oc Register,
9 Apr. 2026
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.
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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).
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Alison Roman,
Bon Appétit,
3 Dec. 2019
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
9 June 2026
This category includes crookneck, straightneck, patty pan, and zephyr squash.
—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 May 2026
Think baby vegetables, pattypan squash, zucchini, crookneck and bright yellow summer squash.
—
Judy Bart Kancigor,
Oc Register,
9 Apr. 2026
Most people are growing either summer crookneck or zucchinis.
—
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
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“Crookneck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crookneck. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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crookneck
noun
crook·neck
ˈkru̇k-ˌnek 
: a squash with a long curved neck
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