There's still confusion about what that might mean."Indicates" or "Sativa"?
Confuse the "Dub"with the"Blunt"? Are you wondering if the "Kif"is it a Berber headdress or an ointment? You are in the right place! Let's clarify the correct terminology that we may encounter when we approach the world of Cannabis, or simply to learn something new!
Before starting it is right to make a note: The vocabulary of Hemp was partly built on the "slang" of street speech, which evolves as generations evolve, being a constantly expanding language there could be variations in terms.
The beauty of subculture vocabularies in cannabis lies precisely in this: Privacy and the art of discretion are reflected in consumer jargon.
In this list, in addition to these words, I decided to include a few more technique, capable of providing readers with some of the fundamental elements to know and learn more and more about this beautiful plant!
The more we know the better!
AEROPONICS: Cultivation technique in which liquid is sprayed on roots suspended in the air.
AGGREGATE: Substrate of almost uniform grain size used as an inert substrate for hydroponics.
ALKALINE: Referring to earth or other substances with a PH greater than seven.
LANGED: Abnormally tall plant, with sparse foliage, often caused by lack of light.
ALVERMAN: He is the craftsman who revolutionized the traditional Indian Cyloom transforming it into the precious artefact that it is today. In Milan, Bologna, Brescia and Turin every consumer had one, until twenty years ago. It has recently found diffusion all over the world: From California to Barcelona, from Israel to Goa, also becoming a collector's item.
ANEMOPHILE: Pollinated by pollen carried by the wind.
APICAL: The tallest bud of the cannabis plant, often the largest in terms of yield and quality. It is the growth spurt of the stem or main branch.
APPEAR: Turn on the Joint first. In smoker's etiquette, the rule applies: "Whoever spikes it, spikes it and kills it" which is to say: "Whoever creates the Joint has the right to smoke it first, and once he has passed, he will have to return for the last puffs.
AROMA: The set of olfactory and taste sensations that make a product characteristic.
DRY: The person who, despite being smoking in company, never goes away. The term derives from a character from the American series "South Park", played by a towel made of it.
AUTOGAMY: fertilization of a plant with pollen from the same flower or plant; self-pollination.
AUXIN: According to the classification of phytohormones: Auxins are responsible for foliage growth and root elongation.
POD: Dry calyx containing a ripe or ripening seed.
BANGER: It is a glass, quartz, ceramic or titanium support for vaporizing or sublimating cannabis concentrates ("BHO" or "Rosin").
BEATEN: The powder resulting from the sifting of dry inflorescences through a mesh with 120 micron holes is called "beaten". It is called this because in some parts of the world to produce Hashish, such as in Morocco, the plant material is beaten to facilitate the detachment of the trichomes.
BHO: It stands for Butane Hash Oil. This is a type of extraction of hemp plants through a solvent, this process allows you to obtain a viscous compound like honey and with a high concentration of cannabinoids. It is an extraction technique that requires the use of easily flammable solvents such as butane. The same result can be obtained through hot pressing, this technique allows you to extract the "Rosin".
BLUNT: The "Blunt" is a hemp-filled cigar. It was born in the United States and legend has it that "Phillies" cigars were emptied and used as rolling paper. The original Blunt is born filled with only chopped buds, rolled into an empty cigar. Over time the blunt has become famous thanks to the flavored variants capable of giving it different flavors, from watermelon to chocolate.
BUD: A new sprig or small sprout that has just appeared. Set of calyxes (inflorescences) on a branch.
BONG: Bongs are simply water pipes. They are often used by cannabis smokers to enhance the overall experience and to cool down the inhaled smoke. Bongs come in all sizes, shapes, and materials. There are models made of wood, glass, acrylic, clay, bamboo and ceramic. They are composed of an ampoule with a specific clutch, a brazier and a cannula.
BOOSTER FLOWERING: Fertilizer with a high Phosphorus and Potassium content to increase the yield and weight of the flowers.
BRACT: Lanceolate leaflet that arises on the floral axis at the point where the flower emerges.
BRAZIER: Also known as "briso", it is one of the fundamental elements of a "bong". This is the rounded part where the dried and then burned inflorescences are inserted. Sometimes, this component is removable, it can be found in glass, ceramic or metal.
BREEDER: Creator of new hemp varieties.
BUDTENDER: He is the figure behind the counter of any hemp supply business.
BX: Also known as BC or BackCross, it is a practice applied in genetics to establish specific traits in offspring. A BX is accomplished by crossing a "child" with a "parent" plant.
HEMP: The Italian name of Cannabis Sativa, also known as Cannabis, Marijuana, Erba, Ganja, Weed, Maria, etc. etc.
CANE: Common name to identify a rolled tobacco and cannabis cigarette, also known as Joint, joint, cannetta, porra, zars, giolla, brasa, spino, spliff, pic, cannon, zuenga, artichoke, cioffo, torch, zanca and zanchetta. There are probably another 100. The method of combining tobacco with cannabis is mainly used in Europe.
CANNABACEAE: Scientific family to which hemp (Cannabis, Marijuana) and humuli (hops) belong.
CANNABINOIDS: Cannabinoids are chemical substances of natural origin, present in abundance in hemp plants, capable of interacting with the cannabinoid receptors present in the human body. So far, over a hundred have been found in the Cannabis plant.
CBC: Cannabichromene is a cannabinoid found in the cannabis plant. Scientific research highlights that it may be responsible for the anti-inflammatory and antiviral effects of cannabis, and may help amplify the analgesic effects of cannabis. However, further studies and in-depth studies are necessary to certify its properties. Like other cannabinoids, it also does not possess psychotropic properties, and for this reason it is not included in the table of prohibited substances.
CBD: Cannabidiol is one of the cannabinoids present in greatest quantities in the cannabis plant. It has strong muscle relaxant, anticonvulsant, anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities. Other benefits induced by CDB are under study.
CBDV: Cannabidivarin is a non-psychoactive cannabinoid found in the Cannabis plant. Plants with relatively high levels of CBDV have been discovered in wild crops of Cannabis indica in northwest India, and in Nepalese hashish.
CBG: Cannabigerol is a cannabinoid precursor of THC and CBD, the two best known cannabinoids. Since 2020, varieties rich in CBG have been on the market, which, as with CBD varieties, are legal in Italy.
CBN: Cannabinol is a cannabinoid having weak psychoactive properties. Cannabinol is an artifact produced by the degradation of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that is not detectable in the fresh, carefully dried plant or inflorescence. Due to limited studies, very little is known about this cannabinoid, but its percentage in cannabis for medical use is often taken into consideration together with THC and CBD thanks to its ability to reduce insomnia and increase appetite. It has also been estimated that 5 mg of CBN corresponds to 10 mg of Diazepam.
STRAIN: Offspring of the variety, a particular type of cannabis that has the same characteristics.
TOP: Inflorescence of the cannabis plant.
CONCENTRATED/EXTRACT: Concentrated extract from the separation of the resin from the plant part. They often indicate a product derived from the hemp plant with high levels of cannabinoids.
COUCH LOCK: An indica strain is said to be "couch-locking", meaning its effect will be so strong and sedative that it will leave you glued to the sofa.
CLONE: A clone, also known as a "Cutting" is a plant genetically identical to another specimen from which it was taken. The donor plant is often called the "Mother Plant". You take some twigs from the mother and start rooting them, once rooting has taken place you will have many identical copies of the genetics of the mother plant.
CLOSED LOOP EXTRACTION: A closed cycle extraction allows you to extract cannabinoids and recover the solvent used, without waste. The complexity of the operation and the high costs for specialized machinery make "Closed Loops" a process intended only for the large hemp industry.
CROPS COMPLEMENTARY: Planting garlic, marigolds or other plants together with cannabis keeps pests away.
TANNING: Slow drying process to make cannabis more pleasant and appetizing to smoke.
CRYSTAL: Appearance of the resin present on the foliage.
CYLOOM: The chilum, also transcribed as chiloom, chilum, chillum, cyloom, cilam, is perhaps the oldest form of instrument aimed at inhaling the fumes of combusted materials. Progenitor of the pipe, it lacks the division between bowl and mouthpiece, being a sort of "horizontal pipe": like a long truncated cone divided inside by a simple filter stone. It originates from the area of Indian cultural influence, in particular among the Himalayan populations, among the first to cultivate hemp. This ancient tool was revolutionized by Italian artisans around the 1970s, making it a tool of great value.
DABBARE: It means inhaling a hemp concentrate with high levels of cannabinoids heated at high temperatures on a "banger". Through contact with the incandescent surface the vapors are released and inhaled with a pipe.
DABBER: It is a pointed tool used to handle small resin concentrates to place it on the "banger".
DECARBOXYLATION: In chemistry, decarboxylation is a reaction that leads to the loss of a molecule of carbon dioxide, in cannabis it is the transformation of cannabinoids in acidic form into their neutral form. When these substances are on the plant, they are in acidic form, however the human body enjoys their psychoactive effects only when they are in neutral form. When weed is smoked or vaporized, decarboxylation occurs automatically.
EDIBLE / EDIBLES: These are all foods that contain cannabinoids, they can be found in the form of sweets, drinks, chocolate, biscuits and in many other foods. If decarboxylation has already occurred, the effect will be very intense starting from 0.2 g per person. Edibles can have very intense effects even on the most experienced users.
GRASS: Slang name to identify Marijuana flowers.
HUNGRY CHEMISTRY: The situation where after taking cannabis you suddenly feel very hungry. This situation is not a suggestion, inhaled cannabinoids have an effect on our endocannabinoid system, which is responsible for appetite control. THC, the most famous of the cannabinoids, causes an increase in the production of the hormone ghrelin, responsible for the feeling of hunger, through the activation of biochemical mechanisms.
FEMINIZED: They are Hemp seeds that will give female seeds.
PHENOTYPE: Its external shape, characteristics and appearance of a plant, determined by the interaction between the individual genotype and the environment.
PHYLLOTAXY: It is the arrangement of the leaves along the stem and the principles underlying this arrangement. In the game of morphogenesis (the process of construction of plants and their parts) many plants show a preference for laws attributable to the Fibonacci numerical sequence and the related golden section.
FULL SPECTRUM: The full spectrum indication indicates that the preparations contain the entire spectrum of substances of the hemp plant, therefore not only cannabinoids but also flavenoids, terpenes, waxes, etc. etc.
FUNDA: Slang term for “bottom,” often the waste from cannabis crops, lower or less potent parts of the crop: small particles that have broken off from the top, forming a loose weed mix. It can also be understood as the end of the barrel.
GENE: The part of the chromosome that influences the development and potency of a plant: genes are inherited through sexual reproduction.
GENOTYPE: The specific genetic composition of a specimen
GRINDER: Special tool for chopping cannabis inflorescences. It can have two or more levels if it has a "pollinator", i.e. the space used to store pollen.
HASHISH: Psychoactive substance consisting of the compaction of the resinous heads of glandular trichomes extracted by shaking, washing or rubbing cannabis leaves.
HYBRID: It is a descendant of two pure variety plants with different genetic heritage.
ICE O LATOR: The special manufacturing process that involves extracting and sifting trichomes in ice water to create a solvent-free concentrate.
HYDROPONICS: It is a method of growing the cannabis plant that does not involve the use of soil, but of a nutrient solution with controlled Ph where the roots of the plant take the nutrients directly without interacting with a substrate.
INDICATE: Indica is that strain of Cannabis originating from India, characterized by the shape of the short plant, with large leaves and a mostly sedative effect. The buds of this strain are dense and compact. Still under study.
KIF: In Morocco, to make hashish, the tops and other plant parts of the cannabis plant are taken, dried and then beaten on a mesh net with approximately 120 micron holes. Through the mechanical movement of the beating, glands called trichomes detach from the plant, loaded with psychoactive material which are deposited in the form of orchre-coloured powder, this is subsequently combined and pressed to form blocks of highly prized Kif. Pure pressed cannabis pollen. It is also the Moroccan term indicating the mixture of tobacco and cannabis for smoking. Kif does not mean Moroccan hashish.
KUSH: It is a variety of Cannabis indica. The name originates from the Hindu Kush mountain range, originating from landraces from Afghanistan, northwestern India and northern Pakistan.
LANDRACE: "Landrace" varieties are those varieties native to a specific area. Plants that without the need for crosses arise naturally in certain areas of the planet. In Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan there are many varieties still indigenous.
LIVE RESIN: An extraction of hemp made from material frozen at the time of harvest. The result will be a product with an aromatic profile much more similar to the live plant than to cured flowers.
MACRONUTRIENT: One or all of the primary nutrients N-P-K (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium).
MIXTURE: Substrate made up of mineral particles such as vermiculite, perlite, sand and pumice. Organic moss is also a common ingredient in soilless mixes.
OIL OF HASHISH: Solution of tetrahydrocannabinol with a high content extracted from cannabis.
HORTICULTURE: Science and art of cultivation.
PASSIVE: Hydroponic system in which the nutrient solution moves through capillary absorption.
HERITAGE GENETIC: The set of possible combinations of genetic traits present in a given population.
PH: It is a scale that measures the balance between acid and basic from zero to fourteen (0-14) of a substrate or other substances. The neutral value is seven, for cannabis the ideal values are between 5.8 and 6.8 to be able to absorb all the macro and micro nutrients.
PLANT MOTHER: The mother plant is a female marijuana plant kept in a vegetative state, from which cuttings are taken.
PISTILS: The pair of white hairs, called "styles" welded to the upper part of the female calyx. The job of the pistils is to collect pollen and funnel it into the ovule to fertilize the plant.
POT: American (antiquated) slang term for Marijuana.
PURE: We mean purino, a paper rolled entirely with Cannabis without other products such as tobacco or other herbs.
RESIN: It is a substance obtained by isolating the glandular trichomes present on the flowers, composed mainly of cannabinoids and terpenes.
RUDERALIS: This entity is currently recognized as a subspecies or variety of Cannabis sativa. The THC content is rather low, similar to the percentages found in fiber hemp, its classification refers to the plant's ability to develop in areas characterized by a harsh climate and the ability to infest a certain terrain in the absence of competitors. The use of this variety has been on the rise in recent years, especially with the practice of hybridization; it is in fact possible to cross this variety with strains of Cannabis indica and Cannabis sativa to create new genetic lines that are able to encompass the main characteristics of the different species, giving rise to autoflowering varieties.
SATIVA: It is cultivated mainly for textile or construction use, for the production of paper and in both the medical and recreational fields as it contains some narcotic substances, in variable percentages depending on the variety. When we talk about "sativa" Cannabis in comparison to "indica", it differs in its stimulating, creative and at times euphoric effects, and in its slimmer and elongated shape also visible in the shape of the inflorescences. Currently talking about indica and sativa doesn't make much sense as many hybridizations have been made over time and the unique characteristics of these varieties have been lost.
SHATTER: It is known by several names including shatter wax, cannabis shatter and shatter weed, it is amber in color, semi-transparent with a fragile, glass-like consistency. It is a concentrate without waxy lipid component typically produced by butane extraction.
SKUNK: David Watson, more widely known by his nickname Sam the Skunkman along with a group of growers and breeders known as Sacred Seeds, developed a strain during the early 1970s in California. After being released from prison in 1982, Skunkman moved to the Netherlands and brought some of those seeds with him. Once there, he went to Amsterdam, where he founded the seed company "Cultivators Choice". Dutch growers have crossed and refined Skunk#1 to produce a number of strains, including Super Skunk, Early Girl, Northern Lights, and Jack Herer.
STRAIN: It is the genetic variant of a Cannabis plant.
SUGAR LEAF: They are small leaves that grow directly from the top, they are loaded with psychoactive material, they are sticky to the touch.
TERPENES: They are hydrocarbons present in the plant world, especially in conifers, and in some insects. Geraniol, menthol, myrcene, camphor, limonene, isoprenol, phytoene and many other compounds play a very important role in cannabis and terpenes. They are responsible for the characteristic smell of each variety, the flavor of each plant. They are used by the plant as a defense mechanism.
THC: Tetrahydrocannabinol: it is a physiologically active ingredient, the main narcotic substance in Marijuana.
THCV: Tetrahydrocannabivarin: chemical substance produced by the Marijuana plant, it is psychoactive.
TOPPING: It is a pruning technique for Cannabis plants, it consists of removing the top of the plant to encourage the development of lateral branching.
TRICHOME BULBIFORM: Small, stemless resin-producing glands are present in high concentrations on the buds and sugar leaf.
CAPITATE TRICHOME WITH STEM: A "hair" of the plant containing high levels of THC.
TRICHOME GLANDULAR: Capillary gland of a plant that secretes resin.
VAPORIZER: It is a tool that allows you to take Cannabis by inhaling hot air without combustion. If the temperature is kept below 200° centigrade, there will be no presence of harmful substances due to pyrolysis. Vaping is healthier than smoking but is not harmless to the body, as inhaling particulates can strain the lungs.
VEGETATIVE: It is a phase in the growth of the Cannabis plant in which it rapidly produces new leaves and chlorophyll. It is the phase between the "seedling stage" and the "flowering".
ZERO ZERO: Excellent quality hashish obtained from the first sieving.
