CANASTA

canasta, basket rummy, meld

(noun) a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

canasta (plural canastas)

(uncountable, games, card games) A card game similar to rummy and played using two packs, where the object is to meld groups of the same rank.

(countable, card games) A meld of seven cards in a game of canasta.

Anagrams

• Castana

Source: Wiktionary



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