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pinxter


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pinkster  \Pink"ster\,  n.  [D.  pinkster,  pinksteren,  fr  Gr  ?. 
  See  {Pentecost}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pinxter  \Pinx"ter\,  n. 
  See  {Pinkster}.