Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Cucurbita maxima Dcne.

Origin: introduced

Common names:

Autumn squash (1949) (109)

Canada crook-neck (1900?) (158)

China crook-neck (1900?) (158)

Crook-neck squash (1900?) (158)

Cucurbita clypeiformis tuberoso (1607, Bauhin) (107)

Cucurbita clypeiformis verrucosco (1607, Bauhin) (107)

Cushaw [Cashaw] (1886) (110)

Cushaw crook-neck (1900?) (158)

Dubba (1886, Arabic, refers to gourds in general) (110)

Gourd (1886, varieties include great yellow gourd, Spanish gourd, and turban gourd) (110)

Hubbard squash (1919) (107)

Jurumu (1886, Brazil) (110)

Macock (1886, early Anglo-American travelers) (110)

Marrow (1919) (107)

Melon pumpkin (1911) (55)

Na'bûgogwis'simaün (1928, Chippewa, flat pumpkin) (40)

Pepo maximus indicus (1570, Lobel) (110)

Pumpkin (1882) (14)

Simnens (1806, William Clark, Ordway also spelled simmins, simnins, sinblins, simlins) (35)

Squash (1923-1930) (40, 82, 106, 110, 138)

Turban nouveau du Brésil (1856, Naudin) (107)

Turban rouge (1856, Naudin) (107)

Turban squash (1919) (107)

Wat-tang (1820, Omaha) (38)

Wat-twoing (1820, Oto) (38)

Winter crook-neck squash (1900?) (158)

Winter squash [Winter squashes] (1942-Present) (50, 109, 155)

Zapilliot (1919) (107)