'Cucurbita moschata' definitions:

Definition of 'Cucurbita moschata'

noun

Any of various plants bearing squash having hard rinds and elongated recurved necks [syn: winter crookneck, winter crookneck squash, Cucurbita moschata]

From: GCIDE

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]

From: GCIDE

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.]