Pinkster | n. [ D. pinkster, pinksteren, fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Pentecost. ] Whitsuntide. [ Written also pingster and pinxter. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Pinkster flower (Bot.), the rosy flower of the Azalea nudiflora; also, the shrub itself; -- called also Pinxter blomachee by the New York descendants of the Dutch settlers. [ 1913 Webster ]
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