The Collaborative International Dictionary
Canaster
Canaster \Ca*nas"ter\, 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.
Wiktionary
canaster
n. (context tobacco English) Coarse, dried tobacco leaves.