Internode Spacing
The distance between sets of leaves and branches on a cannabis stem — a basic indicator of plant structure, li...
Isolate
A cannabis extract refined to a single cannabinoid, typically 95%+ pure crystalline powder with no terpenes or...
Joint
A hand-rolled cannabis cigarette made with rolling papers, the most common and recognizable way to smoke weed...
Kelvin (color temperature)
A unit describing the color of light emitted by a grow lamp, used to match light spectrum to plant growth stag...
Kief
The loose powder of resin glands that falls off cannabis flower, made up mostly of broken trichome heads.
King Size Papers
Extra-long rolling papers, typically 100-110mm, designed for larger joints that burn longer and hold more cann...
Kush
A family of cannabis cultivars descended from landrace plants of the Hindu Kush mountain region, plus a market...
Live Rosin
A solventless cannabis concentrate pressed from ice-water hash made from fresh-frozen plants, prized for flavo...
Local Cannabis Tax
A tax levied by a city, county, or municipality on cannabis sales or cultivation, layered on top of state and...
Lumen
A photometric unit measuring light as perceived by the human eye — widely misused as a grow-light spec for can...
Lux
The SI unit of illuminance, widely used by cannabis growers as a rough proxy for how much light a plant is rec...
MAV Glass
American glass brand known for affordable heady-adjacent bongs, rigs, and accessories manufactured largely ove...
Mass Spectrometry for Cannabis
The analytical technique that identifies cannabis compounds by measuring the mass of their ionized fragments.
Mental Relaxation
A subjective easing of cognitive tension, racing thoughts, or rumination — commonly reported but poorly measur...
Mid
Slang for mid-grade cannabis — flower that's not garbage, not boutique, just average.
Mighty+
A portable convection-conduction dry herb vaporizer made by Storz & Bickel, released in 2021 as the successor...
Mood lift
A mild, positive shift in mood commonly reported after cannabis use, distinct from euphoria or a clinical anti...
No-Till Container
Living soil system in a fixed container that avoids annual tilling or soil replacement.
Nug
Slang for a single cured cannabis flower — the dense, trichome-covered bud that gets sold, smoked, and Instagr...
On-Demand Vape
A vaporizer that heats cannabis only when you inhale, not continuously.
On-Site Consumption
Licensed venues where adults can legally purchase and consume cannabis on the premises, similar in concept to...
One-Hitter
A small, single-dose pipe — usually a narrow tube — designed to hold roughly one inhalation's worth of cannabi...
Outdoor Cultivation Tier
A regulatory or market classification grouping cannabis grown under natural sunlight, typically separating it...
PAR (Photosynthetically Active Radiation)
The slice of sunlight plants actually use for photosynthesis, measured in micromoles of photons per square met...