Acclimatise - become adapted to new environmental conditions.
Bud - The female flower of the Cannabis plant where most of the cannabinoids are concentrated (e.g. THC)
Cannabinoid - molecule found only in the Cannabis plant. It occurs in many forms of which THC is the most renowned.
Cannabis indica - (hashish variety) is indigenous to the high northern mountain ranges of the Afghani Hindu Kush, Pakistani Kara Korams, Russian Pamirs and Alays, Chinese Tien Shan and Indian Himalayas. Indica strains yield earlier, stronger, more potent, fatter, heavier, resinous flowers and are typified by wide, dark green leaves, though they are usually only about 4 foot tall.
Cannabis sativa - (ganja variety) is indigenous to Mexico, Columbia, Thailand, India, Africa and, in fact, most of the world. Sativa strains have a sweeter, fruity taste and aroma, a higher flower to leaf ratio. They are large "pine tree-like" plants with light green leaves. The sativa high is a clearer, more electric, cerebral experience.
CBD - or cannabidiol is another form of Cannabinoid that seems to reduce the psychoactive effect and reduces anxiety and panic reactions occasionally caused by Cannabis.
Cerebral - pertaining to the mind or head, mental.
Crossing - Mating and breeding from two strains.
Cured - to manicure and dry the flowers of a plant.
F1 Hybrid - the offspring of two true-breeding plants.
F2 - the offspring resulting from a cross between two F1 hybrids.
Genetics - parental combination of a strain.
Hashish - a drug formed of resin heads of glandular trichomes shaken or rubbed from flowers, pressed together and shaped.
Haze - late maturing strain with a renowned taste and effect.
Hermaphrodite - a plant that produces both male and female flowers, this enables it to self-fertilize.
Hermetically - out of external influence.
Hybrid - the offspring of two different strains of a plant.
Hybridisation - When a cross produces offspring that do not breed true (i.e. the offspring do not all resemble their parents) we say the parents have genes that are hybrid. Hybridisation is the process of mixing different gene pools to produce offspring of great genetic variation from which distinctive individuals can be selected.
IBL - inbred line, a stabilised hybrid that will breed "true to type" if reproduced from its own seeds.
Manicure - to cut away unwanted leaves from the flower.
Maturation - The growth of the flowers of the plant before they are ready to be harvested when THC levels are at a maximum.
Nederwiet - literally "low weed", found in Holland and Europe before the emergence of new more potent strains.
Psychedelic - effecting the mind e.g. hallucinations.
Psychoactive - affecting consciousness or psyche.
Pure-bred - traditional land races that have only interbred with the same strain and so have almost identical genes
Resin - substance secreted by plants which in the case of Cannabis is where the cannabinoids (and THC) are concentrated.
Selection - choosing of favourable offspring as parents for future generations.
Sensimilla - Flowers produced from a female plant that has not been fertilized and does not contain seeds (literally ‘sin semilla’ translated from Spanish as ‘without seed’)
Skunk - (aka skunk No 1.) early maturing, stabilised hybrid, with high yield and potency.
Stabilized - A strain that will breed "true to type"
Strain - a line of offspring derived from common ancestors.
THC - tetrahydrocannbinol. This is the primary psychoactive compound in Cannabis.
Trait - An inherited characteristic.
Trichomes - plant hair.
True-breeding - If cross-pollination of two plants with a shared genetic trait results in offspring that all exhibit the same trait, and if all subsequent (inbred) generations also exhibit it, then we say that the strain is true-breeding or breeds true, for that trait. A strain may breed true in one or more traits while varying in other characteristics. For example, the traits of sweet aroma and early maturation may breed true, while offspring may vary in size or shape. The alternative is hybridisation.
Variety - there are two main varieties of Cannabis: sativa and indica, please see above. There is also a third known variety, ruderalis, which typically contains only trace amounts of THC.
Viability - potential for germination.
