canasta(n = noun.act) basket rummy, meld - 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, n.
1 a card-game using two packs and resembling rummy, the aim being to collect sets (or melds) of cards.
2 a set of seven cards in this game.