Cured Resin
A concentrate made from cannabis that has been dried, trimmed, and cured before extraction, as opposed to live...
Dab Rig
A water pipe designed to vaporize cannabis concentrates by heating a banger or nail and inhaling the resulting...
Dab Tool
A small heat-resistant implement used to transfer cannabis concentrate from storage onto a hot nail or banger.
Delivery License
A regulatory permit authorizing a licensed cannabis business to transport finished products directly to consum...
Drag
The resistance you feel when pulling smoke or vapor through a joint, pipe, or vaporizer.
Elements Papers
Translucent rolling papers made from processed rice, marketed for slow burn and minimal ash by a Spanish-owned...
Empire Glassworks
American glass studio in upstate New York known for intricate, themed borosilicate pipes and bongs sold throug...
Energy Boost
A commonly claimed effect of cannabis use where consumers report feeling more alert, motivated, or physically...
Fan Leaf
The large, iconic multi-fingered leaves of the cannabis plant that drive photosynthesis but contain little usa...
Fast-Flowering Photoperiods
Photoperiod cannabis hybrids bred from autoflower crosses to finish flowering 1-2 weeks faster than standard p...
Fire (cannabis slang)
Slang adjective and noun meaning exceptionally high-quality cannabis, with no formal definition or measurable...
Fire (slang)
Common cannabis slang for high-quality flower, used as both an adjective and a noun to signal top-shelf produc...
Flowering Stage
The reproductive phase of the cannabis plant when buds form, driven by light cycle changes and culminating in...
Foxtailing
A bud growth pattern where new calyxes stack on top of older ones, forming spire-like towers instead of dense,...
Gas (slang)
Cannabis slang for flower with a pungent, fuel-like aroma, typically associated with high potency in consumer...
Genotype
The genetic code a cannabis plant inherits from its parents — distinct from how that plant actually grows out.
Grass
A mid-20th-century American slang term for cannabis, popularized in the 1960s counterculture and now considere...
HID Lights
High-intensity discharge lamps — the old workhorse of indoor cannabis cultivation, now being displaced by LED.
Hair Follicle Test
A drug test that detects cannabis metabolites trapped in growing hair, offering the longest detection window o...
Head
Slang for a cannabis user, a cerebral high, or the cap of a mature trichome — meaning depends entirely on cont...
Head High
Slang for a cannabis effect concentrated in the head — alert, talkative, idea-driven — as opposed to a heavy b...
Horizontal Integration
When a cannabis company expands by acquiring or merging with competitors at the same stage of the supply chain...
Internode
The section of stem between two nodes on a cannabis plant, used as a quick proxy for plant structure and stret...
Internode Spacing
The distance between sets of leaves and branches on a cannabis stem — a basic indicator of plant structure, li...