A type of winter squash or gourd with a crookneck shape, cultivated in the southern United States.
Possibly from Quechua 'quisqueya' or other Native American language origins referring to squash varieties, adapted into English in Southern dialects.
Cushaw squash is a living example of cultural plant exchange—an American gourd that became a Southern staple, named with borrowed indigenous words, and nearly forgotten in modern times!
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