ACCESSORY CANABINOIDS .....

ARE THE CANANBINOIDS, CBC,CBD,CBN, WHICH INTERACT WITH THE PRIMARY CANABINOIDS TO ALTER THEIR EFFECT.


ACID .....

REFERS TO THE OVERALL STATE OF THE GROWING MEDIUM, SUCH AS THE ROCKWELL OR SOIL, WHERE THE P.H. BALANCE IS LOWER THEN 7.0


ALKALINE .....

REFERS TO THE OVERALL STATE OF THE GROWING MEDIUM, SUCH AS THE ROCKWELL OR SOIL, WHERE THE P.H. BALANCE IS ABOVE A 7.0


ASEXUAL PROPAGATION .....

REPRODUCTION OF A PLANT THROUGH CLONING, CREATING A EXACT GENETIC REPLICA, AND GENETICALLY IDENTICAL TO ITS PARENT PLANT.


AXIL .....

THE JOINT BETWEEN THE LEAF OR LEAF STALK AND THE STEM THAT CARRIES IT.


BACK CROSSING .....

CROSSING OF A OFFSPRING PLANT WITH ONE OF ITS PARENT PLANTS, TO PRODUCE A NEW PLANT ENFORCING INTO IT, ITS PARENTAL TRAITS.


BRACT .....

SMALL LITTLE LEAFLETS IN CANNABIS THAT APPEAR BELOW THE CALYXES.


BUDD .....

A CONDENSED SHOOT CONTAINING EMBRYO LEAVES. A FLOWER BUDD CONTAINS EMBRYO FLOWERS AND FLORAL CLUSTER. HEY ! WE ALL KNOW WHAT THESE ALL.


CALYX .....

A FIVE PART STRUCTURE OF THE MALE FLOWER. OR A FIVE PART TUBULAR STRUCTURE SURROUNDING THE PISTILS AND OVULES OF THE FEMALE FLOWER.


CANNABINOID .....

CYCLIC HYDROCARBON WHICH IS ONLY FOUND IN CANNABIS. IT IS DERIVED FROM A TEPENE MOLECULE AND A CYCLIC MOLECULE.


CANNABINOID PROFILE .....

LEVELS AND RATIOS FOUND IN PARTICULAR AND INDIVIDUAL STRAINS


CANNABIS .....

THE GENUS NAME OF MARIJUANA AND HEMP.


CHLOROSIS .....

THE YELLOWING OF PLANTS RESULTED BY THE BREAKDOWN OF CHLOROPHYLL. USUALLY CAUSED BY A NITROGEN DEFICIENCY, AS THIS NUTRIENT NITROGEN, IS NEEDED BY PLANT LIFE TO PRODUCE CHLOROPHYLL.


CLONE .....

A ASEXUAL PRODUCED PLANT PRESERVING THE PARENTAL GENETIC TRAITS.


CUTTING .....

A PART OF THE PLANT EITHER ROOTS, STEMS OR LEAVES ARE TAKEN, AND PLANTED IN SUCH AWAY THAT ROOTS WILL FORM, AND EVENTUALLY GROW INTO A NEW PLANT. CUTTING .....


DAGGA .....

AFRICAN WORD MEANING CANNABIS


DAMPENING OFF .....

A SOIL BORN FUNGUS DISEASE WHICH ATTACKS YOUNG SEEDLINGS AND PLANTS, COMMONLY CAUSING WILTING.


DRIP IRRIGATION .....

A IRRIGATION SYSTEM THAT DELIVERS WATER AND CHEMICAL NUTRIENTS TO INDIVIDUAL PLANTS, IN SMALL OR LARGE AMOUNTS, AND AT FREQUENT AND REGULATED INTERVALS.


EMBOLISM .....

A BUBBLE OF AIR THAT FORMS IN THE STALK OF A CUTTING, AND EVENTUALLY KILLING IT.


ESSENTIAL OILS .....

COMPOUNDS WITH STRONG AROMAS CONTAINED IN THE SECRETED RESINS OF PLANTS.


FERTILIZATION .....

THE RESULT OF A SEED FORMED BY THE UNION OF THE GENETIC MATERIAL FOUND IN POLLEN, MIXED WITH THAT OF THE GENETIC MATERIAL FOUND IN THE OVULE.


FLOWER .....

THE PART OF THE PLANT THAT SPECIALIZES IN REPRODUCTION, IN WHICH POLLEN FROM A MALE PLANT FERTILIZES A FEMALE, THUS PRODUCING SEED.


FLORAL CLUSTER .....

A GROUP OF FLOWERS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A BUDD.


FORCING .....

THE PROCESS IN WHICH PLANTS ARE BROUGHT TO FLOWERING BEFORE THEIR NATURAL TIME, USUALLY BY MEANS OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING SYSTEMS.


GANJA .....

A INDIAN WORD DERIVED FROM THE PISTILLATE FLORAL CLUSTERS OF CANNABIS


GLANDULAR TRIACHOME .....

PLANT HAIRS THAT HAVE A SECRETORY FUNCTION.


GROWING POINT .....

THE EXTREME TIP OF THE PLANT WHERE EXTENSIONS, AND UPWARDS AND OUTWARDS GROWTH, IS LIKELY TO OCCUR.


GREENHOUSE .....

A STRUCTURE USUALLY ENCLOSED THAT OFFERS ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, AND IS USED TO PROMOTE PLANT GROWTH.


HARDENING OFF .....

THE PROCESS IN WHICH YOUNG SEEDLINGS AND PLANTS ARE SLOWLY INTRODUCED INTO ANOTHER ENVIRONMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE MOVEMENT OF INDOOR GREENHOUSE PLANTS TO THE OUTDOORS, OR THE MOVEMENT OF CLONES FROM A HUMIDITY DOME TO A GARDEN ROOM.


HASH .....

A SMOKE ABLE DRUG FORMED FROM THE SECRETORY TRIACHOMES SHAKEN OR RUBBED FROM FLORAL CLUSTERS OF CANNABIS MARIJUANA. PRESSED TOGETHER AND SHAPED.


HEMP .....

IS A FIBER PRODUCING TYPE OF CANNABIS IN THE MARIJUANA FAMILY. WITH VERY LITTLE AND/OR VERY LOW T.H.C PROPERTIES. USED BY MANUFACTURES FOR ITS OILS AND FIBER USES IN A MULTITUDE AND WIDE VARIETY OF PRODUCTS.


HERMAPHRODITE .....

A PLANT WHICH CONTAINS THAT OF BOTH MALE AND FEMALE FLOWERS. THUS, THIS TYPE OF PLANT CAN FERTILIZE THEMSELVES.


HORMONE .....

GROWTH SUBSTANCES AND CHEMICALS PRODUCED BY ALL PLANTS IN SMALL QUANTITIES. HORMONES DIRECTLY CONTROL THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLANT.


KIF .....

MOROCCAN WORD FOR HASHISH AND CANNABIS.


LEACH .....

TO WASH OR FLUSH FROM THE SOIL OR ROOTING MEDIUM. COMMONLY PRACTICED BY HYDROPONIC GARDENERS TO WASH EXCESS NUTRIENT CHEMICALS AND SALT BUILD- UPS, FROM PLANTS ROOTING SYSTEMS.


LEAF .....

THE ORGAN OF THE PLANT, WHERE THE ENERGY PRODUCING PROCESS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS IS CARRIED OUT, BY THE UNIQUE GREEN COMPOUND CALLED CHLOROPHYLL.


LEAFING .....

THE REMOVAL OF LEAVES FROM THE PLANT.


LIMBING .....

THE REMOVAL OF THE LOWER LIMBS OF THE PLANTS. PRACTICED TO PROMOTE MORE RAPID GROWTH IN THE UPPER BRANCHES AND STALKS.


MANICURING .....

THE REMOVAL OF THE LEAVES FROM THE FLORAL CLUSTERS. USUALLY DONE TO THE BIGGER FAN LEAVES THAT ARE UNCOATED WITH RESINEY SECRETION.


MARIJUANA .....

A ILLEGALLY PRODUCED DRUG CANNABIS. ORIGINATING FROM A SPANISH WORD.


NODE .....

A SECTION ON THE STEM WHERE LEAVES AND SIDE SHOOTS ARISE. NODES ARE OFTEN SWOLLEN, AND ARE SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS JOINTS.


OVULE .....

THE SECTION OF THE FEMALE PLANT WHICH CONTAINS THE HAPLOID GAMATE WHICH WILL FORM A SEED UPON FERTILIZATION. PROTRUDING FROM THE OVULES ARE A PAIR OF PISTILS.


PETIOLE .....

THE LEAF STALK


P.H. .....

THE HYDROGEN ION CONCENTRATION IN WATER, ROCKWELL, SOIL, ECT. A P.H. SCALE IS USED TO MEASURE THESE LEVELS. THE SCALE RUNS FROM 1 TO 14 AND DEFINES THE AKALIDITY AND ACIDITY OF THESE MEDIUMS. PURE WATER HAVING A NEUTRAL P.H. BALANCE OF 7.0


PINCHING-OUT OR TOPPING .....

THE PROCESS IN WHERE THE GROWING POINT STEMS ARE REMOVED, THUS CAUSING NEW GROWTH LOWER DOWN. ITS EFFECTS ARE TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE SHORTER AND BUSHIER PLANT GROWTH.


PISTIL ..... THE FEMALE ORGAN OF THE FLOWER. THE PISTIL NORMALLY CONTAINS ALSO A OVARY, WHERE THE SEED WILL DEVELOP.


PISTILLATE .....

A FEMALE PLANT CONTAINING FLOWERS VIABLE TO BECOME SEEDS.


POLLINATION .....

POLLEN FROM THE STAMEN OF USUALLY THE MALE, LANDING ON THE PISTIL OF THE FLOWER.


SEEDLING .....

A YOUNG PLANT AFTER SEEDING, STILL ONLY HAVING A SINGLE UNBRANCHED STEM SYSTEM.


STAMINATE .....

A MALE PLANT CONTAINING POLLEN, TO FERTILIZE THE FEMALE FLOWERS. HE WILL IMPREGNATE THE FEMALES AND CAUSE THEM TO CREATE SEED.


SEXUAL PROPAGATION .....

THE REPRODUCTION OF A PLANT FROM THE GENETIC TRAITS TAKEN FROM TWO INDIVIDUAL, OR DIFFERENT PLANTS. FOR EXAMPLE, A MALE AND FEMALE.


SINSEMILLA .....

IS A SPANISH WORD ORIGINATING FROM MEXICO. LITERALLY IT MEANS WITHOUT SEED. THE ENGLISH WORD FOR SINSEMILLA MEANS, "MATURE SEEDLESS FEMALE PLANTS". GROWN BY REMOVING MALE PLANTS TO PREVENT POLLINATION AND FERTILIZATION IN THE FEMALES.


STAMEN .....

THE MALE POLLEN BEARING ORGAN OF THE MALE FLOWER.


STOMATA .....

THE MICROSCOPIC BREATHING SPORES OF THE PLANT, MOSTLY FOUND ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEAVES.


STRAIN ....

A LINE OF OFFSPRING DERIVED BY COMMON AND KNOW ANCESTORS.


TERPENE .....

ORGANIC MOLECULE WITH STRONG AROMAS.


T.H.C. .....

TETRAHYDRACANABINOL


TRELLISING .....

A METHOD OF SHAPING AND FORMING PLANTS. FOR EXAMPLE, TYING THEM DOWN UNDER A WIRE MESH, OR NETTING TYPE SYSTEM.

Pot Terms

Bale: A compressed brick of marijuana, usually ranging in weight from 10 to 40 pounds.
Bifta: A cone shaped marijuana cigarette; carefully rolled.
Big Head: A big, fat, unadulterated spliff.
Blazed: High beyond belief.
Block-up: The feeling of intoxication. "I'm so block-up".
Blunt: A joint rolled in the tobacco-leaf wrapper of a Phillies Blunt cigar.
Bong: A water-cooled pipe for one smoker, often made of glass or bamboo.
Brick: A kilogram-sized slab or cube of compressed pot.
Bucket: A smoking device made from a bucket filled with water, a bottle with the base removed and the pipe end in the top.
Bud: The fresh or dried flowers of the female marijuana plant.
Buddha Stick: See Thai Stick.

Cannabis Indica: The scientific name for a species of marijuana plant, the Indian hemp plant.
Cannabis Sativa: Another species of marijuana, closely related to indica.
Cashed: A dead or finished bowl.
Chiba-Chiba: A black Brazilian form of pot, usually gummy and compressed into bricks.
Chillum: A small cone-shaped pipe made of clay.
Chronic: The hip-hop term for high-quality or potent gear.
Clips: Usually metal devices used to hold a small roach to insure no burning of the fingers.
Cocktail: A joint of weed and marijuana combined.
Colombian: The most common type of grass on the black market.

Blim Burn: When burning dope falls out of a joint onto a) Belly, b) Mousemat, c) Legs, d) Partners belly etc...
DMS: Dry Mouth Syndrome, A dry mouth after toking.
Dope: Any controlled substance, although it usually refers to heroin or marijuana; also a hip-hop term for fine or good.
Durban Brown: Marijuana from the Natal Province in South Africa.

Elbow: A pound of pot.

Froggy: A dry mouth after smoking.

Ganja: Indian and Jamaican term for pot.
Gold: Yellow pot from Acapulco in Mexico or Santa Marta Department in Colombia.
Grass: Marijuana, weed, pot, etc.

Hash/Hashish: Smoking mixture that regionally varies, generally based primarily on marijuana resin.
Hemp: Cannabis stalks and stems, especially those used to make rope, fabrics, etc.
Herb: Jamaican term for marijuana with Biblical connotations; Rastafarian sacrament.
Hogleg: A term southerners use for a large overfilled marijuana cigarette.
Hookah: A hashish water pipe with four long stems to accommodate four smokers at once. Ref: the Caterpillar in Alice In Wonderland.
Hydro: Any type of liquid grown weed.

Jaff: An elegant quickie before hitting work.
Jive: 1930s and '40s American slang for marijuana and marijuana-influenced popular music.
Joint/Jay/J: A marijuana cigarette.
Jonesin: A craving for weed.

Kief/Kif/Kaff/Khayf: Golden pollen hash from Morocco, Lebanon and other Arab/Middle Eastern nations.
Kuti: (pronounced kuth-e) - hash/dope in Pakistan.

Lambsbread: Large Jamaican buds which can be sliced like a loaf of bread and are shaped like a lamb's tail.
Lamped: Very stoned.

Marijuana: The smokable flowers and leaves of the female cannabis plant.
Maryjane/MJ: The female cannabis plant. Male plants have almost no active THC (TetraHydroCannabinol).
Mezz: Marijuana; from Mezz Mezzrow, the legendary jazzman and Harlem pot-dealer who turned on Louis Armstrong and other jazz greats during the 1930s.
Monged: Tired feeling when coming off a high.
Mullered: To be completely at peace and absolutely smashed/stoned.
Munchies: When you have an urge to eat food when are are blitzed (high/stoned).

Nuggets: Buds of rich weed.

Oil: The purified and concentrated resin from hashish or marijuana.
OZ: An ounce of pot.

Paraquat: A defoliant, toxic to humans as well as plants, that has been sprayed on marijuana throughout the world since the '70s.
Panama Red: A potent strain of pot from Panama.
Phene: Someone addicted to marijuana.
Pot: Reefer, grass, cannabis.

Reefer: Term for pot dating back to the turn of the century, and still popular.
Rizla: A popular brand of cigarette papers.
Roach: The card 'filter' of a joint.
Rope Dope: Low-quality pot from leafy hemp.

Sinsemilla: The flowering tops of seedless plants.
Sheisty: When a person does not deliver the full amount of a drug promised he is being a sheister.
Shit: Any sort of controlled substance.
Skins: Rolling papers.
Skunk: Aromatic sinsemilla, usually cultivated from the Afghani variety of marijuana.
Smoke: Pot, reefer, tea, grass, etc.
Spliff: Jamaican term for a large, ice-cream-cone-shaped joint.
Stash: (n.) A hidden cache of dope; (v.) to conceal one's dope.
Stoned: Intoxicated by a mind altering substance.

THC/Tetrahydrocannabinol: The psychoactive cannabinoid in marijuana that is responsible for the high.
Thai Stick: A delicious Thai variety of marijuana, usually wrapped around thin bamboo splints.
Thyme (Ororegano): Spices resembling marijuana in appearance, frequently used to defraud customers.
Toke: To inhale or puff from a joint.
Trees: A hip term for marijuana.
Tute: Jam jar sized pipe, sealed with water in and two tubes coming out, one small metal (for weed and baccie) other larger, for tuting on.
Twigs and Seeds: The unsmokable leftovers, or the stuff at the bottom of the bag after purchase.

Underground: The drug-using sector of society.
Use: To get high very quickly using lots of pot in one hit, inhaling as much as possible.

Vapouriser: A devise that makes THC airborne at the correct temp. No smoke, no Tar.

Weed: Pot, Smoke,