| Noun | 1. | samba - 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 woodtree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms | |
| 2. | samba - music composed for dancing the samba | |
| 3. | samba - a lively ballroom dance from Brazil | |
| 4. | samba - a form of canasta using three decks and six jokersbasket rummy, canasta, meld - a form of rummy using two decks and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to meld groups of seven of the same rank | |
| Verb | 1. | samba - dance the samba | |