Browse Glossary

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Cannabis Chef

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

9 sources 3 months ago

Cannabis Lounge License

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

8 sources 3 months ago

Cannabis Social Club

A non-profit, members-only association that collectively grows and distributes cannabis for its adult members'...

6 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 6 months ago

Cerebral High

A subjective descriptor for cannabis effects that feel mentally active, heady, and stimulating rather than phy...

6 sources 3 weeks ago

Certificate of Analysis (COA)

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

6 sources 4 months ago

Charas

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

6 sources 6 months ago

Chemotype

A plant's chemical fingerprint — the cannabinoid ratio class that describes what a cannabis plant actually pro...

4 sources 1 month 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 3 months ago

Clone

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

5 sources 4 months ago

Cola Formation

The process by which cannabis flowers cluster densely at the tops of stems and branches during the flowering s...

4 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 months ago

Compassion Club

A member-based organization that supplies cannabis to people with serious illness, often operating outside for...

5 sources 3 weeks ago

Consumption Lounge

A licensed venue where adults can legally consume cannabis on-site, similar in concept to a bar for alcohol.

6 sources 1 month ago

Couch Lock

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

6 sources 2 months ago

Cultivar

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

6 sources 3 months ago

Cured Resin

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

4 sources 3 months ago

Dab Rig

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

4 sources 4 months ago

Dab Tool

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

2 sources 3 months ago

Delivery License

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

6 sources 2 months ago

Dr. Dabber Boost

A battery-powered electronic dab rig (e-rig) released by Dr. Dabber in 2016 that popularized portable concentr...

4 sources 1 month ago

Drag

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

4 sources 2 months ago

Elements Papers

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

5 sources 2 months ago

Empire Glassworks

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

2 sources 3 months ago