Browse Glossary

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Cured Resin

A concentrate made from cannabis that has been dried, trimmed, and cured before extraction, as opposed to live...

4 sources 1 month ago

Dab Rig

A water pipe designed to vaporize cannabis concentrates by heating a banger or nail and inhaling the resulting...

4 sources 1 month ago

Dab Tool

A small heat-resistant implement used to transfer cannabis concentrate from storage onto a hot nail or banger.

2 sources 1 month ago

Delivery License

A regulatory permit authorizing a licensed cannabis business to transport finished products directly to consum...

6 sources 1 week ago

Drag

The resistance you feel when pulling smoke or vapor through a joint, pipe, or vaporizer.

4 sources 1 week ago

Elements Papers

Translucent rolling papers made from processed rice, marketed for slow burn and minimal ash by a Spanish-owned...

5 sources 1 week ago

Empire Glassworks

American glass studio in upstate New York known for intricate, themed borosilicate pipes and bongs sold throug...

2 sources 1 month ago

Energy Boost

A commonly claimed effect of cannabis use where consumers report feeling more alert, motivated, or physically...

6 sources 2 days ago

Fan Leaf

The large, iconic multi-fingered leaves of the cannabis plant that drive photosynthesis but contain little usa...

5 sources 2 months ago

Fast-Flowering Photoperiods

Photoperiod cannabis hybrids bred from autoflower crosses to finish flowering 1-2 weeks faster than standard p...

3 sources 2 weeks ago

Fire (cannabis slang)

Slang adjective and noun meaning exceptionally high-quality cannabis, with no formal definition or measurable...

5 sources 2 weeks ago

Fire (slang)

Common cannabis slang for high-quality flower, used as both an adjective and a noun to signal top-shelf produc...

3 sources 6 days ago

Flowering Stage

The reproductive phase of the cannabis plant when buds form, driven by light cycle changes and culminating in...

6 sources 1 month ago

Foxtailing

A bud growth pattern where new calyxes stack on top of older ones, forming spire-like towers instead of dense,...

3 sources 4 months ago

Gas (slang)

Cannabis slang for flower with a pungent, fuel-like aroma, typically associated with high potency in consumer...

3 sources 1 month ago

Genotype

The genetic code a cannabis plant inherits from its parents — distinct from how that plant actually grows out.

5 sources 1 month ago

Grass

A mid-20th-century American slang term for cannabis, popularized in the 1960s counterculture and now considere...

5 sources 1 week ago

HID Lights

High-intensity discharge lamps — the old workhorse of indoor cannabis cultivation, now being displaced by LED.

3 sources 2 months ago

Hair Follicle Test

A drug test that detects cannabis metabolites trapped in growing hair, offering the longest detection window o...

4 sources 2 months ago

Head

Slang for a cannabis user, a cerebral high, or the cap of a mature trichome — meaning depends entirely on cont...

5 sources 2 weeks ago

Head High

Slang for a cannabis effect concentrated in the head — alert, talkative, idea-driven — as opposed to a heavy b...

5 sources 1 month ago

Horizontal Integration

When a cannabis company expands by acquiring or merging with competitors at the same stage of the supply chain...

6 sources 1 day ago

Internode

The section of stem between two nodes on a cannabis plant, used as a quick proxy for plant structure and stret...

5 sources 1 month ago

Internode Spacing

The distance between sets of leaves and branches on a cannabis stem — a basic indicator of plant structure, li...

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