1. A lively dance from Brazil, with roots from Africa
   "The carnival dancers performed an exuberant samba through the streets"
    
2. Music composed for dancing the samba
   "The carnival parade moved to the infectious rhythm of a samba"
    
3. A form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers
   "The cruise ship offered samba tournaments for card game enthusiasts"
    
4. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and small white flowers; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
   "samba wood is popular in the manufacture of furniture";
   - obeche, obechi, arere, Triplochiton scleroxylon

1. Dance the samba
   "They sambaed energetically at the carnival"

Sounds like: salver, s, samba, sambar

Derived forms: sambaed, sambaing, sambas

Type of: ballroom dance, ballroom dancing, basket rummy, canasta, dance, dance music, meld, tree, trip the light fantastic [archaic], trip the light fantastic toe [archaic]

Part of: genus Triplochiton, Triplochiton

Encyclopedia: Samba, Jammu