Category: C
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Cluster
Any grouping or close arrangement of individual flowers that is not dense and continuous. A group of small items which cling together. A significant subset in a Statistical sample, e.g. of numbers of people affected by a particular disease or condition. In statistical terms a group of subjects, closely linked in time and/or place of…
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Compost
The most effective of all fertilizers, it is made from organic matter such as leaves, grass clippings and manure which has been allowed to rot for a few weeks or months until it has turned black and crumbly; in orchid growing, the soil-free medium, which may or may not contain compost from the compost heap,…
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Cold frame
A miniature, portable greenhouse placed over crops in the open ground to protect them from cold or encourage early development Traditionally made from two or four pieces of glass in a wire frame, but can be simply a wire frame ( lad in transparent plastic.
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Cactus
The most significant family of succulent plants, all perennial and native to the Americas. A member of the large plant family Cactaceae, almost wholly native to the Americas and the most significant family of succulent plants, most species with very sharp spines. Used loosely by some gardeners to refer to any succulent or spiky plant.…
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Cole Memo
US Department of Justice memorandum from US Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole to all US attorneys stating the federal government would not enforce prohibition in states that legalized cannabis, issued on August 29, 2013, and rescinded by Attorney General Jeff Sessions in January 2018.
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Cola
Clusters of female cannabis flowers that can grow up to a foot and more in length. The name given to a specific carbonated soft drink is also used to describe a tropical African tree. This tree is known for its seeds or nuts that contain a small quantity of caffeine, thereby possessing stimulating properties. These…
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Charas
Hashish made from the resin of the cannabis plant in India. The unadulterated resin exuded by the flowering tops of the female hemp plant. Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica.
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Cantharides (Spanish fly)
Dangerous, sometimes fatal, mixture of powdered, dried Spanish flies, or blister beetles, sometimes used as a diuretic and aphrodisiac, often added to majoun.
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Cannabidio (CBD)
A primary cannabinoid in cannabis that doesn’t bind to CB1 receptors, where psychoactive effects are triggered, and can mute THC’s psychoactive effects.
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Chelate
To combine a metal with another compound. To treat someone with a chelating agent in order to remove a heavy metal such as lead from the bloodstream. A combination of metal ions chemically held within a ring of heterocyclic structures by bonds from each of these structures to the metal. Iron is held by heme…