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canaster
CIDE DICTIONARY
canaster, 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]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
canaster, n. tobacco made from coarsely broken dried leaves.
Etymology
orig. the container: Sp. canastro ult. f. Gk kanastron
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