Browse Glossary

107 articles in this category. All sourced, evidence-labeled, and fact-checked.

Clone

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

5 sources 3 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 1 week ago

Cold Cure

A low-temperature curing technique for fresh-frozen rosin that produces a creamy, batter-like consistency with...

5 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 weeks ago

Cultivar

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

6 sources 2 months ago

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 2 months 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 3 weeks ago

Dr. Dabber Boost

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

4 sources 5 days ago

Drag

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

4 sources 3 weeks ago

Elements Papers

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

5 sources 3 weeks 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 weeks 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 1 month ago

Fire (cannabis slang)

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

5 sources 1 month 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 3 weeks 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

Garcia y Vega Wraps

A brand of tobacco-based cigar wraps and blunt wraps historically popular for rolling cannabis in the United S...

7 sources 1 week 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 3 weeks ago