Browse Glossary

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Isolate

A cannabis extract refined to a single cannabinoid, typically 95%+ pure crystalline powder with no terpenes or...

4 sources 4 months ago

Joint

A hand-rolled cannabis cigarette made with rolling papers, the most common and recognizable way to smoke weed...

9 sources 3 months ago

Kelvin (color temperature)

A unit describing the color of light emitted by a grow lamp, used to match light spectrum to plant growth stag...

4 sources 3 months ago

Kief

The loose powder of resin glands that falls off cannabis flower, made up mostly of broken trichome heads.

4 sources 6 months ago

King Size Papers

Extra-long rolling papers, typically 100-110mm, designed for larger joints that burn longer and hold more cann...

4 sources 1 month ago

Kush

A family of cannabis cultivars descended from landrace plants of the Hindu Kush mountain region, plus a market...

6 sources 3 months ago

Live Rosin

A solventless cannabis concentrate pressed from ice-water hash made from fresh-frozen plants, prized for flavo...

7 sources 3 months ago

Local Cannabis Tax

A tax levied by a city, county, or municipality on cannabis sales or cultivation, layered on top of state and...

6 sources 2 months ago

Lumen

A photometric unit measuring light as perceived by the human eye — widely misused as a grow-light spec for can...

4 sources 1 month ago

Lux

The SI unit of illuminance, widely used by cannabis growers as a rough proxy for how much light a plant is rec...

4 sources 4 months ago

MAV Glass

American glass brand known for affordable heady-adjacent bongs, rigs, and accessories manufactured largely ove...

2 sources 2 weeks ago

Mass Spectrometry for Cannabis

The analytical technique that identifies cannabis compounds by measuring the mass of their ionized fragments.

8 sources 1 month ago

Mental Relaxation

A subjective easing of cognitive tension, racing thoughts, or rumination — commonly reported but poorly measur...

7 sources 3 months ago

Mid

Slang for mid-grade cannabis — flower that's not garbage, not boutique, just average.

6 sources 3 months ago

Mighty+

A portable convection-conduction dry herb vaporizer made by Storz & Bickel, released in 2021 as the successor...

5 sources 2 months ago

Mood lift

A mild, positive shift in mood commonly reported after cannabis use, distinct from euphoria or a clinical anti...

8 sources 1 month ago

Nug

Slang for a single cured cannabis flower — the dense, trichome-covered bud that gets sold, smoked, and Instagr...

4 sources 4 months ago

On-Site Consumption

Licensed venues where adults can legally purchase and consume cannabis on the premises, similar in concept to...

6 sources 3 months ago

One-Hitter

A small, single-dose pipe — usually a narrow tube — designed to hold roughly one inhalation's worth of cannabi...

3 sources 4 months ago

Outdoor Cultivation Tier

A regulatory or market classification grouping cannabis grown under natural sunlight, typically separating it...

4 sources 3 months ago

PAR (Photosynthetically Active Radiation)

The slice of sunlight plants actually use for photosynthesis, measured in micromoles of photons per square met...

7 sources 4 months ago

Panic Attack from Cannabis

A sudden, intense episode of fear and physical symptoms triggered by cannabis use, most often from too much TH...

8 sources 1 month ago

Patient Registration

The formal process by which a jurisdiction enrolls someone in its medical cannabis program, granting legal acc...

6 sources 4 weeks ago

Petiole

The small stalk that attaches a cannabis leaf to the stem, sometimes used as a visual cue for plant health and...

4 sources 1 month ago