Browse Glossary

92 articles in this category. All sourced, evidence-labeled, and fact-checked.

Aspergillus Testing

Lab screening for four mold species in the Aspergillus genus that can cause serious lung infections in vulnera...

7 sources 2 months ago

Autoflower

A cannabis plant that begins flowering based on age rather than light cycle, due to Cannabis ruderalis genetic...

3 sources 4 months ago

Back-to-Back Grows

A cultivation practice where a new crop is started immediately after harvest with little or no downtime betwee...

5 sources 2 days ago

Ballast

An electrical device that regulates current to a lamp, essential for HID grow lights and some fluorescent fixt...

4 sources 1 month ago

Beverage Manufacturing (Cannabis)

The process of producing shelf-stable cannabis-infused drinks using emulsified cannabinoids, controlled dosing...

7 sources 1 month ago

Body High

Slang for the physical, sedating, heavy-limbed side of a cannabis experience as opposed to mental or cerebral...

6 sources 1 month ago

Bong Cleaner

Solvent-and-abrasive solutions used to remove resin, tar, and biofilm from glass and silicone smoking pieces.

6 sources 3 days ago

Bottom Feeding

A watering technique where water is applied to a tray beneath the pot rather than poured onto the soil surface...

3 sources 1 month ago

Boundless Tera

A convection-based portable dry herb vaporizer made by Boundless Technology, notable for on-demand hits and fu...

3 sources 1 week ago

Bowl Pack

A single loaded chamber of a pipe or bong, ready to be smoked; also the act of loading it.

4 sources 3 months ago

Bubble Hash

A solventless cannabis concentrate made by agitating frozen plant material in ice water to separate trichome h...

3 sources 2 months ago

Bud

The dried, cured flower of a female cannabis plant — the part most people smoke, vaporize, or process into oth...

8 sources 3 months ago

Budder

A soft, creamy cannabis concentrate produced by whipping extracted oil until it takes on a butter-like consist...

3 sources 3 months ago

Bushy Growth

A short, wide plant structure with dense foliage and many side branches, typical of indica-leaning cultivars.

4 sources 3 months ago

Cannabis Chef

A culinary professional who specializes in cooking with cannabis, typically for private dinners, branded produ...

9 sources 3 weeks ago

Cannabis Lounge License

A regulatory permit that lets a business host on-site cannabis consumption, distinct from a standard dispensar...

8 sources 1 month ago

Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC)

A soil or substrate's ability to hold and exchange positively charged nutrient ions, measured in milliequivale...

4 sources 3 months ago

Certificate of Analysis (COA)

A lab-issued document reporting the tested chemical and microbiological contents of a specific cannabis produc...

6 sources 1 month ago

Charas

A handmade, hand-rubbed cannabis resin produced primarily in the Indian subcontinent, distinct from pressed ha...

6 sources 4 months ago

Cherry (joint/bowl)

The glowing ember of burning cannabis at the tip of a joint or in the bowl of a pipe, kept alive between puffs...

3 sources 1 month ago

Clone

A genetically identical cutting taken from a mother cannabis plant and rooted to grow as a new plant.

5 sources 2 months ago

Cold Cure

A low-temperature curing technique for fresh-frozen rosin that produces a creamy, batter-like consistency with...

5 sources 2 weeks ago

Couch Lock

Slang for the heavy, sedating body effect some cannabis users experience, often mistakenly blamed on a single...

6 sources 3 days ago

Cultivar

The botanically correct term for what cannabis sellers usually call a 'strain' — a named, cultivated variety o...

6 sources 1 month ago