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Noun: canasta  ku'nas-tu
  1. 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
    "Canasta became very popular in the 1950s";
    - basket rummy, meld

Derived forms: canastas

Type of: rum, rummy

Encyclopedia: Canasta