Cannabis 101
This plant genus contains the species commonly known as marijuana.
What is Cannabis?
This is the most famous intoxicating cannabinoid in cannabis.
What is THC?
This is the part of the plant where cannabinoids and terpenes are most concentrated.
What are the trichomes?
This process removes water from cannabis concentrates or plant material.
What is drying?
This annual celebration takes place on April 20.
What is 4/20?
These tiny, mushroom-shaped structures produce and store cannabinoids and terpenes.
What are trichomes?
Unlike THC, this cannabinoid is generally not intoxicating.
What is CBD?
Plants grown without soil using nutrient-rich water are grown using this method.
What is hydroponics?
This solvent is commonly abbreviated CO₂ and can be used for supercritical extraction.
What is carbon dioxide?
The term “420” is commonly associated with this plant.
What is cannabis?
This is the scientific name for the species that includes many modern drug-type cannabis cultivars.
What is Cannabis sativa?
THCA becomes THC primarily through this process involving heat.
What is decarboxylation?
The plant's flowering stage is when growers primarily focus on developing these structures.
What are flowers (buds)?
This extraction method uses hydrocarbons such as butane or propane.
What is hydrocarbon extraction?
Cannabis has historically been used for this purpose because of its strong fiber.
What is making textiles/rope?
These compounds are responsible for much of cannabis's aroma and flavor.
What are terpenes?
This cannabinoid is the acidic precursor to CBD.
What is CBDA?
A plant grown from a cutting rather than a seed is called this.
What is a clone?
This process separates compounds based on differences in their boiling points.
What is distillation?
“Hash” traditionally refers to a concentrated product made primarily from these structures.
What are trichomes?
This term describes a cannabis plant that contains both male and female reproductive characteristics.
What is hermaphroditic (or intersex)?
This endocannabinoid receptor is primarily associated with the psychoactive effects of THC.
What is the CB1 receptor?
This environmental factor is especially important during the flowering stage because excessive amounts can promote mold.
What is humidity?
This technique uses ice water and agitation to separate trichomes from plant material.
What is ice-water extraction?
(Often called bubble hash or water hash.)
This famous 1960s–70s counterculture movement helped popularize cannabis in the United States.
What is the hippie movement?