Cucurbita moschata

Cucurbita moschata
    n 1: any of various plants bearing squash having hard rinds and
         elongated recurved necks [syn: {winter crookneck}, {winter
         crookneck squash}, {Cucurbita moschata}]
    

Squash \Squash\, n. [Massachusetts Indian asq, pl. asquash, raw,
   green, immature, applied to fruit and vegetables which were
   used when green, or without cooking; askutasquash vine
   apple.] (Bot.)
   A plant and its fruit of the genus {Cucurbita}, or gourd
   kind.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is
         called {Cucurbita verrucosa}, the Barbary or China
         squash, {Cucurbita moschata}, and the great winter
         squash, {Cucurbita maxima}, but the distinctions are
         not clear.
         [1913 Webster]

   {Squash beetle} (Zool.), a small American beetle ({Diabrotica
      vittata}, syn. {Galeruca vittata}) which is often abundant
      and very injurious to the leaves of squash, cucumber, etc.
      It is striped with yellow and black. The name is applied
      also to other allied species.

   {Squash bug} (Zool.), a large black American hemipterous
      insect ({Coreus tristis} syn. {Anasa tristis}) injurious
      to squash vines.
      [1913 Webster]
    

crookneck \crook"neck`\, n.
   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. [U. S.]

   Syn: crookneck squash.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]