420 is a symbol in the cannabis community that could be used to reference nearly anything that has to do with cannabis.&nbsp;

The day July 10 and the time of 7:10 PM are used to celebrate all things related to concentrates and cannabis oil. "710" when flipped upside down or backwards, spells "OIL". 710 is very popular among the cannabis community who typically use dabs.

The feeling of having a dry mouth or throat after smoking cannabis.&nbsp;

Cotton Mouth

The term "Dank" is used to describe high quality cannabis. When used in cannabis terms, "dank" refers to the strong odor given off from the cannabis.

Dank

A "doobie" is a slang term used for a cannabis cigarette, typically a joint.

Doobie

An Eigth is a common weight measurement used when selling cannabis. An eigth stands for 3.5 grams of cannabis, which is "one-eigth of an ounce", hence the name.
Cannabis is typically sold in a variety of different weights, with the minimum usually being an eigth.

Eight

"Greening Out" refers to the feeling of sickness, anxiety, nauesa, or similar effects after consuming cannabis. It's hard to predict how much cannabis would cause you to green out, as everyone reacts differently.

Greening Out

A "Half", also referred to as half ounce, is a unit of measurement for cannabis. An ounce of cannabis is 28 grams, so a half ounce is 14.

Half (Half-Ounce)

Heady Glass is a term to desrcibe high-quality glass pieces such as bongs, dab rigs, and more. Unlike traditional glassware, heady glass pieces are also a piece of art. Like any other piece of art, the price of the pieces vary from hundreds of dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars.&nbsp;

Heady Glass

Heat cleaning is using a live flame to burn away any left over residue left on your rig. It is one of the easiest, yet a quite wasteful way to clean a nail or banger.
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Heat Cleaning

Initiative 71 is a measure allowing residents of washington DC to possess, purchase, transport, cultivate, and gift cannabis to others. The passing of I71 led to the usage of the "Gifting Loophole", allowing businesses to gift cannabis to others when a seperate purchase is made.

Initiative 71

Kush is a cannabis genotype that originated in the Hindu Kush mountain range. Nowadays, the phrase is commonly used to describe premium quality cannabis.

Kush

Low temperature dabs helps preserve the terpenes and flavors of the cannabis bud more often than high temperature dabs. Some prefer low temperature dabs exactly for that reason. Dabbing at a temperature of 450℉ or below is considered a low temperature dab.

Low Temperature Dabbing

A slang term for cannabis, derived from the original spelling marihuana. Nowadays, marijuana is widely accepted as a formal alternative of the word cannabis.

Marijuana

Mary Jane

A Spanish slang term referring to marijuana. It's used in a similar way to how Americans use the term "weed".

Mota

The feeling of hunger after consuming marijuana. Shortly after taking edibles or smoking weed, you may start to feel an intense feeling of hunger and craving for food. This is known as the munchies.

Munchies

An ounce is a common unit of measurement used in cannabis. An ounce refers to 28 grams of cannabis.&nbsp;

Ounce

Pot is a slang term for cannabis that originated back in the 1930s. People commonly use the terms pot and cannabis interchangeably, however there is a difference. The word "pot" is commonly used in a more casual sense, with "cannabis" being used in more formal settings.

A QP, also known as "quarter pound", is a fourth of a pound. There are 16 ounces in a pound, so a quarter pound would be four ounces.

QP (Quarter Pound)

A term for purchasing more cannabis after you've ran out.

Re-Up

Reclaim is the cold oil or char leftover in your nail or dab rig. Reclaim can be smoked and will still get you high, however it will be harsh and have a nasty flavor.

Reclaim

The roach is the end of the joint, spliff, blunt, or any other rolled up cannabis product. It's similar to the butt of the cigarette. Some people prefer to smoke the roach, while other's prefer to just throw out the product whenever it gets to that point.

Roach

A term used to describe cannabis that is low quality, usually filled with stems, leaves and seeds. This is different from trim, this is just a slang term used to describe bad weed.

Schwag

Spliffs are a type of joint rolled with a mixture of tobacco and marijuana. Spliffs are usually rolled in cone-style rolling papers, or in some cases even in cigarettes.

Spliff

The term used to describe someone who smokes a lot of marijuana.

Stoner

The term strain is used synonymously with terms like "cultivar" and "selection" within the cannabis industry. A strain is the specific variety of cannabis that has been bred for particular traits, such as potency or aroma.

Strain

A zip is a slang term used for an ounce, or 28 grams of flower.&nbsp;

A bong is a water pipe that is typically used to smoke cannabis. The bowl is the part of the bong where cannabis buds are contained and heated. The smoke filters through water by going through the downstem, which is a cylinder glass piece with holes that connects the bowl to the bong. The smoke then travels through the neck, and up to the mouthpiece where the user inhales.

Bong

A mat that is placed underneath a rig when dabbing. It's designed to keep the rig in place, and is usually made of a non-sticky material like silicone or rubber.

Dab Mat

A dab rig is a water pipe that's used to inhale extracts. You could use the it with a number of extracts, such as oil, butter, sauce, diamonds, and rosin. The dab rig is similar to a bong with how it filters the cannabis vapor through the water.

Dab Rig

A "Dabber" is a tool used to help get the pieces of cannabis concentrates onto the hot nail of a dab rig without burning yourself.

Dabber

A device in a bong or dab rig that diffuses the smoke when in water. Diffusers are usually attached to or replace the downstem, and can even help quiet the sound of your rig. Even though they aren't necessary, they enhance the smoking experience.

Diffuser

A downstem is a piece of a water pipe that connects the bowl to the water chamber. It provides suction to pull smoke through a bong or dab rig, which causes water to bubble up in the main chamber. This process creates vapor, or smoke, which is then inhaled by the user.

Downstem

A Dugout is a small carrying case that is large enough to hold a one-hitter pipe, which is usually full of ground up cannabis.&nbsp;

Dugout

An E-Nail, also known as electronical nail, is used for heating and inhaling cannabis dabs. Rather than using a live flame to heat up a nail, e-nails electronically heat up the concentrates. The user could select a temperature of their choice, allowing for a more controlled smoking experience.

E-Nail

An E-Rig, also known as an electronic dab rig, heats up the nail used for dabbing electronically. Instead of using a live flame, the consumer can control the temperature electronically. E-rigs come in many forms, they could be an attachment onto another rig or their own complete unit.

E-Rig

Glass is a favorite among cannabis users because it can withstand high temperatures, is durable, and doesn't give off any flavor when heated up.

Glass

A grinder is a tool used for grinding up cannabis flower into smaller pieces, usually for joints, blunts and bowls. You load the cannabis onto the "teeth" of the grinder, then grind it up by twisting the top piece. On the bottom of most grinders, there are typically kief catchers that gather the kief that was knocked off the nug during the grinding process.

Grinder

The Nail is the piece of the dab rig that holds the cannabis concentrate. Nails are an attachment that connect to the downstem, and are commonly made of quartz, ceramic, titanium, or even glass.

Nail

A Nectar Collector is a type of portable dab rig, easily distinguishable by its vertical design. The body is usually made up glass or silicone, with the tip being made of quartz or titanium. You use a torch or some electric source to heat the tip, then inhale the smoke or vapor.

Nectar Collector

A percolator is a part of a dab rig or bong that diffuses the smoke. They are available in many different designs, with each producing its own unique effects.

Percolator

A pipe is a small device used to smoke cannabis. They're usually made of metal, glass, or wood. They come in many shapes and sizes, with the smaller ones being so little they could easily fit inside a pocket. There are three (sometimes four) main components to a pipe: the mouthpiece, the bowl, the chamber, and somtimes the carburetor.

Pipe

The term rig is a shortened version of the term "Dab rig". A rig is a water pipe used to inhale cannabis extracts.&nbsp;

Rolling papers are thin pieces of paper commonly used by smokers to roll joints with. They come in many different sizes, such as single, wide, king size, and more. They're usually sold in packs, and sometimes are even infused with flavors. Most rolling papers are made of out material like wood pulp, hemp, flax, and rice paper.

Rolling Papers

A torch is a heat source commonly used for dabbing. Torches are used to heat the nail of the dab rig to a high temperature, so that the concentrate could get flash vaporized. Most torches are easy to use and refillable using propane or butane as fuel.

Torch

A vaporizer is a device that usees heat to vaporize cannabis. Vaporizers vary in size, ranging from small and handheld to stationary table devices. Depending on the vaporizer, you could use it to smoke flower or cannabis oil.&nbsp;

Vaporizer

A clone is a cannabis plant that was cut, which will grow into another full plant similar to the one it was cut from. The genetics that make up a clone come from the mother plant it was cut from.

Clone

Crossbreeding is a cannabis strain that combines the genetics of two other strains. It is the act of breeding two strains together to create a new one.

Crossbreeding

To cure cannabis is the process of preserving the cannabanoid sand terpenes that are in the buds by placing them in airtight containers right after harvesting. Curing is done after the drying phase of harvesting.

Cure

Feminized seeds are types of marijuana seeds that have been bred to only produce female cannabis plants, as they are the only ones that produce buds. If you don't use feminized seeds, you would have to sex out plants to remove the males, which is another time consuming process.

Feminized Seeds

The flowering time is the length of time it takes for a cannabis plant to grow its buds, or flower. Cannabis plants all have a different flowering time, some are shorter or longer based on their genetics.

Flowering Time

Cannabis germination is the process of getting your seeds to sprout. You could tell the seeds have sprouted when you see a little white tendril pop out from the seed.

Germination

A Greenhouse is a structure used to help grow cannabis outdoors. It helps regulate the temperature and protect the plants from natural elements. Greenhouses are cheap, easy to build and environmentally friendly.

Greenhouse

A harvest is when a cannabis plant has fully matured, and gets chopped down. While growing outdoors, you typically have to harvest in the fall before it gets too cold. However, when growing indoors, growers determine how big they want their plants beforehand, then harvest them when they are ready.

Harvest

A Dome is a covering used to enclose cannabis seedlings or clones, to create a humid environment which is optimal for growth.&nbsp;

Humidity Dome

A cannabis plant that is bred to combine the two characteristics of the parent plants.&nbsp;

Hybrid

Hydroponics is a method of cultivation that uses water, or even sometimes gravel or sand instead of soil as a grow medium. Hydroponics allows the grower more control of the plants, as the water could be controlled much more easily than soil.

Hydroponics

Indica is a phrase used to describe cannabis products or strains that produce relaxing effects. Indica plants are short and dense, with even shorter growing cycles than Sativas. Indica strains originated in colder climates, and are still more suitable for growth in colder climates.

Indica

A cannabis plant that is grown in it's native region. Throughout the years, different landraces were domesticated and relocated by humans and have already acclimated to the new areas in which they were placed in.

Landrace

Cannabis that is grown outdoors is usually cheaper to grow and better for the environment than cannabis grown indoors. Greenhouses are typically used to help protect and regulate the growing environment. Outdoor cannabis comes at a cheaper price too, since it comes at less of a quality than indoor grown flower.

Outdoor Growing

Sativa, along with Indica, is one of two very commonly used phrases in cannabis. People typically use the word sativa to describe the strain and the effects that arise from that particular strain. Sativa plants are usually tall, slow growing, and airy. They're best suited for hot, humid climates, the complete opposite of sativas.

Sativa

Seedlings are tiny cannabis plants that just sprouted into the world.

Seedling

Terpene distillation is the proces of extracting terpenes from the cannabis plant through distillation. Distillation is commonly used as the terpenes are delicate, and it's best to use a gentle process that uses low temperature and pressure.

Terpene Distillation

Terpenes are the compounds that give cannabis strains their unique aroma and flavor. Terpenes influencer the effects of the cannabis by interacting with other cannabinoids.&nbsp;

Terpenes

The vegetative stage is the period of growth of a cannabis plant that comes after the seedling stage, but before the flowering stage. During this vegetative stage, cannabis plants grow a lot in size, adding on lots of branches and leaves.

Vegetative Stage

Cannabis oil is a potent concentrate, commonly consumed dabbing or vaporizing. The oil is extracted with the use of solvents, such as butane or ethanol, which seperate the cannabinoids and oils from the plant material.&nbsp;

Cannabis Oil

A cartridge is a pre-filled container of cannabis wax that has been designed to be vaped. To smoke a cartridge, you need a battery. Most cannabis cartridges work with a standard 510 battery, but some brands have their own custom vaping design.
Cartridges are usually available in 0.3 grams, 0.5 grams, or 1 gram. Nowadays a lot of cartridges are available as disposable pens as well.

Cartridge

Dabbing is a popular method of consuming cannabis concentrates, such as extracts. To "Dab", you vaporize the dab on a hot surface, and inhale the vapor through a pipe.&nbsp; Dabbing is known for its fast-acting high, and is not for beginners.

Dabbing

A piece of the dab rig that holds the concentrate together, available in two forms; domeless or domed. Domeless nails require the use of a carb cap, which is another piece that helps regulate airflow. Even though some prefer using a domed version, domeless have become the new standard as they are less prone to breaking and easier to use.

Domeless Nail

An Edible is a food item containing marijuana. Edibles are available in many forms, such as gummies, brown, cakes, and more. Some prefer edibles as it allows them to consume cannabis without smelling or inhaling smoke. Since edibles are consumed orally and processed through the stomach and liver, they are usually more potent and have a longer lasting high.

Edibles

Flower is a general term that refers to the smokeable, trichome-rich part of the female cannabis plant. Flower is the most popular form of consumption, and is usually smoked in bongs, joints, pipes, and more.

Flower

Hash, also known as hashish, is produced by pressing together the resin glands of a cannabis plant. It is commonly smoked in a pipe, but it could also be prepared in edible forms.&nbsp;

Hash

Hemp is a form of cannabis that is used for CBD products and creating industrial materials. With the passing of the Farm Bill back in 2018, hemp with lower than 0.3% THC could be grown across the US for CBD products.

Hemp

A concentrate made by mixing together bubble hash and hash oil. When mixed togethering in varying proportions, a jelly-like consistency is created. Jelly Hash is unique combination, and is usually more potent than the two ingredients would be individually.&nbsp;

Jelly Hash

A rolled, cannabis product that looks similar to a cigarette. Joints are usually wrapped in rolling papers made out of wood, hemp, or rice paper.&nbsp;

Joint

Live resin is cannabis concentrate that's made from fresh-frozen cannabis plants. Live resins have higher terpene levels and as a result, are extremely flavorful and aromatic.

Live Resin

A pre-roll is a joint that you purchase already rolled up. A lot of consumers prefer pre-rolls, as they either can't roll their own joints well or have gotten tired of the process. Pre-roll has become the go to term in the legal industry, however a lot of consumers still call them joints.&nbsp;

Pre-roll

Resin is a sticky substance produced by the trichomes of the cannabis plant. Weed plants high in resin are great for making extracts like wax, oil, or shatter because of the high levels of potency.

Resin

Rosin is a solventless cannabis concentrate produced when heat and pressure are applied to a cannabis plant. Rosin is a desirable product to use, because there are no external solvents used to create it. You could press cannabis into rosin with a professional industrial press or even with a hair straightener.

Rosin

Shatter is a type of cannabis extract with a brittle, translucent appearance. It looks glassy and would shatter like glass would if snapped in two. Shatter is very popular among the dabbing cannabis community.

Shatter

A slab is slang for a large piece of concentrate.

Slab

A cannabis concentrate that contains no residual solvents in the final product. A few common solvents include ethanol, propane, and butane.

Solvent Free

A cannabis-infused liquid product that is consumed or absorbed by the body from being applied under the tongue. Some people prefer tinctures as they are discrete and leave no smell or trace.

Tincture

Topicals are cannabis products that are applied to and absorbed through the skin. To create topicals, cannabis has to be infused with an oil, lotion, or balm. Topicals are great for treating pain, inflammation, or soreness, as it doesn't get you feeling high.

Topical

The Trim is the trimmings of the cannabis plant that were cut off during the trimming phase, after the harvest. Included in trim is sugar leaves, small pieces of cut off buds, and kief. Trim is considered low grade and is commonly used for making edibles or hash.

Trim

A trim run refers to concentrates produced by using leaves removed from harvested cannabis plants. Trim is cheaper than flower, so extracts that are made from trim are a lot less expensive than the ones made with normal flower. One very popular method of utilizing trim is using it to create Butane Hash Oil.

Trim Run

Combustion is the process of burning something. Combustion is the process that enables you to inhale the cannabanoids and terpenes from your lit cannabis flower. Combustion can occur when you light up cannabis flower, or even hash. It could be either rolled up or in a bowl.

Combustion

Decarbolyxation is the chemical reaction responsible for the activation of cannabanoids in cannabis. Naturally, cannabis plants produce THCA, however decarbolyxation turns the THCA into THC.&nbsp;

Decarboxylation

Dewaxing is an extraction process that removes the waxes and lipids from a cannabis concentrate. The plant lipids are considered unwanted, as they negatively impact the flavor and aesthetics of a concentrate.

Dewaxing

EHO is a cannabis extract that is made by using ethanol alchohol. Ethanol alchohols can be used to extract terpenes and cannabinoids from the cannabis plant. Since ethanol alchool is marked as Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) by the FDA, is it said to be a healthier solvent for extraction than propane, butane, and many others.&nbsp;

Ethanol Hash Oil

The "Fresh Frozen" technique is a way to dry cannabis after harvest. You take the harvested cannabis plant, remove all the leaves, branches and stems, then place the cannabis into vacuum sealed bags. You then place these sealed bags into a freezer kept at extremely cold temperatures, which keeps all the terpenes and cannabinoids locked in till it's ready for use.

Fresh Frozen

Genotype is the genetic makeup of an organism that determines what possible characteristics it could have. The genotype of a cannabis plant includes its color, height, resistance to disease, and ability to produce buds.&nbsp;

Genotype

Types of cannabis extractions that use chemicals such as butane, hexane, and propane to remove the resin from the plant. The benefit of hydrocarbon extraction over other methods is that it's significantly cheaper to setup and produce. The most commonly used hydrocarbon is Butane, which produces BHO.&nbsp;

Hydrocarbon Extraction

Kief is the sticky, crystal resin that is on the coat of cannabis buds. The trichome heads that were once present in the cannabis plant are what turn to kief when the cannabis plant is harvested and dried. Kief can be sprinkled on top of joints, blunts, infused into foods, or pressed to form hash.

Kief

Phenotypes of cannabis are the traits of the plant, such as the color of the plants leaves, flower structure, stem length and thickness, and trichome density. The phenotype of a cannabis plant arises from it's genotype and the other external environmental factors.&nbsp;

Phenotype

The pistil is the reproductive organ of the female cannabis plant. Pistils have three different components: a stigam, a style, and an ovary. The pistil receives pollen from male plants, and as it matures, changes color.

Pistil

Purging refers to the process that's used to remove any residual solvents from the cannabis concentrate. Purging is a very important process that is typically required when making cannabis concentrates.

Purging

A solvent is any substance that could be added to another substance that would cause it to dissolve. Solvents are typically liquid, but could also be a supercritical fluid or a gas.

Solvent

THC refers to the primary chemical compound found in the cannabis plant. Cannabis has historically been cultivated for it's theurapetic and euphoric effects, which primarily come from the THC molecule. There are dozens of other cannabinoids in cannabis that produce other effects, such as CBD, CBN, THCV and much more.&nbsp;

Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

Vaporization is the conversion of a substance from a liquid or solid state, to a gas. For cannabis to be vaporized, it would have to be heated between temperatures of 355 - 392℉.&nbsp;