Pingster

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pingster \Ping"ster\, n.
     See {Pinkster}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Pinkster \Pink"ster\, n. [D. pinkster, pinksteren, fr. Gr. ?.
     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.
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