pinkster

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pinkster - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pinkster \Pink"ster\, n. [D. pinkster, pinksteren, fr. Gr. ?.
     See Pentecost.]
     Whitsuntide. [Written also pingster and pinxter.]
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     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.
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