Energy Boost
A commonly claimed effect of cannabis use where consumers report feeling more alert, motivated, or physically...
Faded
Cannabis slang for the state of being heavily intoxicated on marijuana, typically to the point of noticeable i...
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...
Flower Rosin
A solventless cannabis concentrate made by pressing dried cannabis flower with heat and pressure.
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,...
Ganja
A Sanskrit-derived word for cannabis, most closely associated with Indian tradition and Rastafari religious pr...
Garcia y Vega Wraps
A brand of tobacco-based cigar wraps and blunt wraps historically popular for rolling cannabis in the United S...
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...
Grav Labs
American glass brand known for scientific-glass bongs, the Helix line, and mass-market accessibility in headsh...
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...
Hand-Rubbed Charas Technique
The traditional South Asian method of collecting cannabis resin by rubbing live flowering plants between the p...
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...
Hippie-Era Cannabis Vocabulary
A short glossary of 1960s and 1970s cannabis slang, with notes on what the words actually meant versus what po...
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...