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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Canaster \Ca*nas"ter\, n. [Sp. canasta, canastro, basket, fr. L.
canistrum. See {Canister}.]
A kind of tobacco for smoking, made of the dried leaves,
coarsely broken; -- so called from the rush baskets in which
it is packed in South America. --McElrath.
[1913 Webster]