samba
1. [ noun ] (dance) a lively ballroom dance from Brazil
Related terms: ballroom_dancing
2. [ noun ] (music,fine art,dance) music composed for dancing the samba
Related terms: music dance_music
3. [ noun ] (botany) large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
Synonyms: obechi arere Triplochiton_scleroxcylon obeche
Related terms: tree Triplochiton
4. [ verb ] (dance) dance the samba
Related terms: dance
5. [ noun ] (cards,games) a form of canasta using three decks and six jokers
Related terms: canasta