a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time
source: WordNet 3.0
A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or cards.
source: Webster 1913
In Spanish America, a wood; forest; timber land; esp., in parts of South America, a comparatively wooden region.