n. a form of rummy using two decks and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to meld groups of seven of the same rank.
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 ]