Category:Pinkster

Pink"ster, n. Etym: [d. pinkster, pinksteren, fr. Gr. Pentecost.]

Defn: whitsuntide. [written also pingster and pinxter.] 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.