\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.