Mycotoxin doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. Then again, depending on how you grew up, blunt might not either.
This ever-expanding glossary will help to build your cannabis vocabulary so that you can better understand cannabis buyers, businesses and the industry as a whole
Cannabis Defined
Browse our full cannabis glossary, below.
| Term | Definition | Relevant Links |
|---|---|---|
| Adult Use | Often used to describe legal, recreational marijuana. | |
| Blunt | Using the blunt paper (the paper left over after a cigar has been emptied or a blunt wrapper), cannabis is ground up and rolled inside to be smoked. The result is called a blunt. | |
| Bud | Slang term for cannabis overall and, specifically, the cannabis flower. | |
| Budtender | A riff on “bartenders”. Budtenders are dispensary staff responsible for selling cannabis products. | |
| Cannabinoids | Psychoactive & non-psychoactive compounds found in the cannabis plant that drive the modern cannabis industry. THC & CBD are two of most well known, but there are more than 100 known cannabinoids at this time. | Learn More About Cannabinoids |
| Cannabis Reference Materials | Extracted substances from the cannabis plant used in verifying & testing cannabis products. | Shop Cannabis Reference Materials |
| Cannabis Testing | Tests to ensure cannabis is safe for sale and consumption. Required tests vary by state. | Learn More |
| CBD (Cannabidoil) | Well known cannabinoid that is often used for holistic medicine and is regularly found as extracted oils or edibles in stores. | Learn More About Cannabinoids |
| Croptober | October harvest season. Originated in Northern California’s “golden triangle” but now used throughout the industry. | Read More About Croptober |
| Curing | After harvesting, the cannabis is dried and cured to help preserve the cannabinoids, flavor, scent, and color. | Learn More About Curing |
| Decriminalization | Removes “criminal” penalties for using cannabis. Decriminalized states will often administer milder punishments, such as fines, to discourage cannabis use. | |
| Dispensary | Store that sells cannabis products, including for medical purposes (i.e., “medical dispensary”). | |
| Edibles | Cannabis extracted and used in edible formats, often baked goods, candy or products to be used in cooking, such as butter. | |
| Flowers | Often referred to as the “bud”, this is the smokable part of the cannabis plant. It is found on female plants and usually contains the highest concentration of cannabinoids in the plant. | |
| Ganja | Slang term for cannabis. | |
| Grow Lights | Lights used for indoor cannabis cultivation. | Learn More About Grow Lights |
| Joint | Cannabis that is ground up and rolled in a rolling paper to be smoked is referred to as a joint. | |
| Medical Marijuana | Marijuana used for treating conditions or symptoms of medical conditions. Medical marijuana laws are often separate from recreational use laws. | |
| Mycotoxins | Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites naturally produced by the fungi that grow on crops. | Learn More |
| Pen | Used as a short-term reference for cannabis vape pens, small, pocket-sized vaporizers. | |
| Phenotype | The physical expressions of the cannabis plant’s genotype. Phenotypes can often explain altered physical qualities in plants (i.e., different smells from the same genotype). | |
| Pistil | Pistils are thin, hairlike structures that serve as the reproduction piece of the cannabis flower. | |
| Pot | Slang term for cannabis. | |
| Pre-roll | Term to describe “pre-rolled” cannabis joints sold at dispensaries. | |
| Recreational Use | Legal cannabis (not used for medical purposes) is often referred to as recreational. States with “recreational use” laws generally mean that cannabis has been fully decriminalized & legalized. | |
| Reefer | Slang term for cannabis. | |
| Residual Solvents | Solvents are organic volatile chemicals. They are used in the extraction of cannabinoids and other cannabis products from cannabis flowers. | Learn More |
| Stoned | Slang term used to describe the feeling of being “high” when psychoactive compounds in cannabis are present. | |
| Strain | Describes a specific version of cannabis. Usually determined by the characteristics of the plant. | |
| Terpenes | Terpenes are molecules composed of multiple isoprene units that give cannabis strains their identifying aromatic characteristics. | Learn More |
| THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) | The most famous cannabinoid, THC is responsible for many of the mind-altering aspects of cannabis consumption. | Learn More About Cannabinoids |
| Trichomes | Trichomes are minuscule growths, so fine that they’re only viewable by microscope. These are sometimes referred to as the resin glands of the cannabis plant, producing the industry’s most valuable commodities: cannabinoids and terpenes. | |
| Vaporizer | Device that heats substance to release vapors for inhalation. | |
| Weed | Slang term for cannabis. | |
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