pinkster

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Noun

HYPHEN

Pink=ster

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pinkster, n. [D. pinkster, pinksteren, fr. Gr. . See Pentecost.].

Whitsuntide. [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.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pinkster, n. US Whitsuntide.

Idiom

pinkster flower the pink azalea, Rhododendron nudiflorum.

Etymology

Du., = Pentecost