CANASTER

Etymology

Noun

canaster (uncountable)

(tobacco) Coarse, dried tobacco leaves.

Anagrams

• Ancaster, Canteras, cane rats, caterans

Source: Wiktionary


Ca*nas"ter, n. Etym: [Sp. canasta, canastro, basket, fr. L. canistrum. See Canister.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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