420BASE :: The Glossary
Welcome at the 420BASE Cannabis Makers Glossary! Here you can find a list of terms about everything connected to cannabis extractions. Find short info and links to everything about cannabis derivates, the techniques, production methods and usage with accompanying definitions.
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- activating
- ↳ also known as Decarboxylation.
- activation
- ↳ also known as Decarboxylation.
- Alcohol
- Alcohol (from Arabic al-kuḥl "the kohl") is a type of organic compound that carries at least one hydroxyl （−OH） functional group bound to a saturated carbon atom. Alcohols range from the simple, like methanol and Ethanol, to complex, like sugar alcohols and cholesterol - but also can me mixed with water or other compounds. We mostly talk about Ethanol if we mention alcohol in the cannabis industry, sometimes Infusions are done with different drinking alcohols also.
- Alcohol (chemistry)@Wikipedia, Alcohol Products@420BASE
- Alcohol Extract
- Alcohol Extract - also known as Full Extraxt Cannabis Oil, Ethanol Hash Oil, Ethanol Honey Oil and Rick Simpson Oil and usually abbreviated as FECO, EHO or RSO - is a solution where the active ingredients from Trim, Flowers, or other plant parts are extracted and dissolved in Alcohol, usually Ethanol (Ethyl Alcohol). This Tincture can be be then filtered optionally. After evaporation or reclaiming of the Alcohol, a concentrated Cannabis Oil is left.
- Alcohol Extract@420BASE
- alcohol extraction
- Alcohol extraction - also known as extraction with alcohol - in the cannabis world, particularly using Ethanol, involves using Alcohol as a Solvent to dissolve and Extract desired compounds, like Cannabinoids or Terpenes, from plant material, resulting in Concentrates like Oil, wax, or Tincture.
- Extracting with Alcohol@420BASE
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- BHO
- ↳ short for Butane Extract.
- Bubble Bags
- Bubble Bags - also known as Mesh Bags, Washing Bags and Bubblebags - are specialized mesh bags used in the process of making Ice Water Hash. These bags are designed with different micron-sized filters that help separate the Trichomes (the Resin glands rich in Cannabinoids and terpenes) from the plant material. A bubble bag set normally consits out of a working-bag to seperate the plant-material and a set of different filter-bags to collect the Resin.
- Bubble Bags Products@420BASE
- Bubblebags
- ↳ also known as Bubble Bags.
- Bubble Hash
- ↳ also known as Ice Water Hash.
- Buds
- ↳ also known as Flower.
- Butane
- Butane (/ˈbjuːteɪn/) is a Non-Polar Solvent and a light hydrocarbon in the same family as propane and methane. See also: butane extraction and BHO.
- Butane@Wikipedia, Butane Products@420BASE
- Butane Extract
- Butane Extract - also known as Butane Honey Oil and Butane Hash Oil and usually abbreviated as BHO - is a type of cannabis Concentrate made using Butane as a Solvent for cannabinoid- and Terpene extraction from cannabis plants.
- Butane Extract@420BASE
- butane extraction
- Butane extraction - also known as extraction with butane - refers to the process of using Butane as the primary, Non-Polar Solvent to Extract compounds from the cannabis plant in order to create concentrated cannabis extracts. This can be done with several technices, for example by open blasting or with closed-loop-extraction systems.
- Extracting with Butane@420BASE
- Butane Hash Oil
- ↳ also known as Butane Extract.
- Butane Honey Oil
- ↳ also known as Butane Extract.
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- Cannabinoid
- Cannabinoids (/kəˈnæbənɔɪdzˌ ˈkænəbənɔɪdz/) are several structural classes of compounds found in the cannabis plant primarily and most animal organisms (although insects lack such receptors) or as synthetic compounds. The most notable cannabinoid is the phytocannabinoid tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) (delta-9-THC), the primary psychoactive compound in cannabis.
- Cannabinoid@Wikipedia
- Cannabis-Infused Food
- ↳ also known as Edible.
- Cannabis Oil
- Cannabis Oil - also known as Weed oil, Marijuana oil and Hash oil and usually abbreviated as Oil - is an oleoresin obtained by the extraction of cannabis Flowers, Trim or Hashish. It is a cannabis Concentrate containing many of its resins and Terpenes. Preparations of cannabis oil may be solid or semi-liquid colloids depending on both production method and temperature and are usually identified by their appearance or characteristics. Color most commonly ranges from transparent golden or light brown, to tan or black. There are various extraction methods, most involving a Solvent, such as Butane or Ethanol. If the oil is extracted from Fresh Frozen plant material its often called Live Resin. Solventless oil is called Rosin (or Live Rosin, if fresh frozen) instead. Crude Oil refers to unrefined preparations.
- Hash oil@Wikipedia, Cannabis Oil@420BASE
- CO2 Extract
- CO2 Extracts are cannabis Concentrates made using supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) extraction to seperate the Cannabinoids and Terpenes from the cannabis plant material.
- Co2 Extract@420BASE
- CO2 extraction
- CO2 extraction - also known as supercritical fluid extraction and supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) extraction and usually abbreviated as SFE - uses carbon dioxide in a supercritical state (between liquid and gas) to Extract compounds from plant material, offering advantages like non-flammability and ease of separation.
- Supercritical fluid extraction@Wikipedia, Extracting with Co2@420BASE
- cold curing
- Cold curing is a specialized technique used in the production of cannabis Concentrates. It involves extracting Cannabinoids and Terpenes from the plant material using extremely low temperatures and sometimes also a vacuum.
- Cold Curing@420BASE
- Concentrate
- Concentrates - also known as Extract - includes all cannabis products like Hashish, Oil, Distillate or Rosin. A cannabis concentrate is a concentrated mass, rich in Cannabinoids and terpens. Cannabis concentrates / extracts can be produced with various Solvents, such as Ethanol, Butane, propane or hexane or with supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) extraction - but there are also solventless / mechanical technics to produce cannabis extracts by washing, rubbing, sieving or pressing cannabis Flowers or Trim.
- Cannabis concentrate@Wikipedia, Extract@420BASE, Extraction@420BASE
- Crude
- ↳ short for Crude Oil.
- Crude Oil
- Crude Oil - usually abbreviated as Crude - is a general term for a raw, un-refined Cannabis Oil. While the term is not used for ready-to-consume extractions like solventless Rosin it normally refers to the raw oils made with Solvents like Alcohol, which then would need additional steps like filtration, winterisation and/or distillation to refine the product. Crude Cannabis Oil also can be consumed oral, for example as Rick Simpson Oil in capsules, but due to its strong taste and impurities, it is hardly suitable for smoking, vaping or for the most Edibles.
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- decarboxilating
- ↳ also known as Decarboxylation.
- Decarboxylation
- Decarboxylation - also known as decarboxilating, activating and activation - in general is a chemical reaction that removes a carboxyl group and releases carbon dioxide （CO2）. Decarboxylation in cannabis is the process of heating cannabis to convert the non-psychoactive Cannabinoid acids （like THCA and CBDA） into the active, psychoactive Cannabinoids （like THC and CBD）.
- Decarboxylation@Wikipedia, Decarboxilation@420BASE
- Diamond
- Diamonds - also known as THCA Diamonds - are crystalline structures composed of pure THCA that result from a couple of different extraction methods like diamond mining, pressing rosin or the isolation of refined Oil.
- Diamonds@420BASE
- diamond mining
- Diamond mining refers to a process where THCA (the non-psychoactive precursor to THC) is extracted and crystallized, resulting in a highly potent, pure form of Concentrate known as THCA Diamonds, as like as in a low-cannabinoid product, the so-called Terp Sauce.
- Diamond Mining@420BASE
- Distillate
- Distillates refers to refined Cannabis Oil, made through distillation.
- Distillate@420BASE
- distillation
- Distillation - also known as distilling - is the process of separating the component substances in a chemical mixture into different parts (cannabinoids, Terpenes etc.) based on their boiling points. Cannabis distillates can be produced with different technics like short path distillation, thin film distillation, rotary evaporation, fractional distillation or wiped film evaporation. Normally a Crude Oil is used as a base, involving processes like winterization and Decarboxylation as like as maybe also molecular sieve filtration and chromatography.
- Distillation@Wikipedia, Distillation@420BASE
- distilling
- ↳ also known as distillation.
- Drinking Alcohol
- ↳ also known as Ethanol.
- dry sieving
- Dry sieving - also known as dry sifting - involves agitating dried and cured cannabis over a series of fine mesh sieves to separate Trichome heads from the plant material.
- Dry Sieving / Dry Sifting@420BASE
- Dry Sift
- Dry Sift - also known as Dry Sift Hash and Sifted Hashish - is the original solventless cannabis Concentrate. Dry-Sifting dried and cured cannabis Buds or Trim separates and isolates Trichome heads from their stalks, different mesh sizes allow selection and separation of the desired qualities. Because dry sifting is a purely mechanical process, no Solvents are used for extraction. While also most of the traditional Hash, independentless of its quality, is technically dry sift, the term more refers to a high quality Hash, often from a single variety and made with modern methods and technics.
- Dry Sift@420BASE
- Dry Sift Hash
- ↳ also known as Dry Sift.
- dry sifting
- ↳ also known as dry sieving.
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- Edible
- Edibles - also known as Cannabis-Infused Food - are food items (either homemade or produced commercially) that contains decarboxylated Cannabinoids (cannabinoid acids converted to their orally bioactive form) as an active ingredient. Cannabis edibles can include liquid products (cannabis drinks), baked goods (spacecakes, cannabis-cookies, Hash brownies etc.), chocolates, candy or gummies. Basically, every grocery product on the market could be also available infused! For this, different Infusion technics can be used (Nano, Micro and Macro Infusions) in order to archive different properties or effects.
- Cannabis edible@Wikipedia
- EHO
- ↳ short for Alcohol Extract.
- Ethanol
- Ethanol - also known as Ethyl Alcohol, Grain Alcohol and Drinking Alcohol - is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH3CH2OH. Ethanol is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid with a characteristic wine-like odor and pungent taste. Ethanol is a versatile Polar Solvent, miscible with water and with many organic Solvents, including acetic acid, acetone, benzene, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, diethyl ether, ethylene glycol, glycerol, nitromethane, pyridine, and toluene. Its main use as a Solvent in the cannabis industry is in making Tincture or Alcohol Extract.
- Ethanol@Wikipedia, Ethanol Products@420BASE
- Ethanol Hash Oil
- ↳ also known as Alcohol Extract.
- Ethanol Honey Oil
- ↳ also known as Alcohol Extract.
- Ethyl Alcohol
- ↳ also known as Ethanol.
- Extract
- ↳ also known as Concentrate.
- extracting
- ↳ also known as extraction.
- extraction
- Extraction - also known as extracting - is the action of removing something. For example cannabis compounds like Cannabinoids and/or terpens from the buds!
- Extraction (chemistry)@Wikipedia, Extraction@420BASE
- extraction with alcohol
- ↳ also known as alcohol extraction.
- extraction with butane
- ↳ also known as butane extraction.
- extraction with solvents
- ↳ also known as solvent extraction.
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- FECO
- ↳ short for Alcohol Extract.
- FF
- ↳ short for Fresh Frozen.
- Filter Bags
- ↳ short for Rosin Bag.
- Flower
- Flowers - also known as Buds, Marijuana and Weed - are the start of everything! Fresh Frozen or dried and cured - shaked, washed or tumbeled - cannabis flower is just the unrefined product and the base for all Cannabis Oil, Rosin, Hashish, Edibles or Topicals.
- Flower@420BASE
- Fresh Frozen
- Fresh Frozen - usually abbreviated as FF - refers to all extracts made from Fresh Frozen Flowers, like Ice Water Hash, Live Rosin or Live Resin. The freezing process maintains the flavor and potency of the cannabis Flowers, resulting in superior extracts.
- Fresh Frozen Flower
- Fresh Frozen Flowers refers to cannabis Flowers that are frozen almost immediately after harvest. The Buds are typically placed in turkey bags in a freezer directly after the harvest, for later processing into Fresh Frozen Ice Water Hash, Live Rosin or Live Resin. (See also: Fresh Frozen.) The fresh frozen technic become a popular and effective way of preserving Marijuana and its chemical constituents. The process maintains the flavor and potency of cannabis Flowers, resulting in superior extracts.
- Fresh Frozen Flower@420BASE
- Full Extraxt Cannabis Oil
- ↳ also known as Alcohol Extract.
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- Grain Alcohol
- ↳ also known as Ethanol.
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- Haschisch
- ↳ also known as Hashish.
- Hash
- ↳ short for Hashish.
- Hashish
- Hashish (/həˈʃiːʃ/; from Arabic ḥašiš "hay") - also known as Haschisch and usually abbreviated as Hash - is a compressed form of Resin (Trichomes) derived from cannabis Flowers or Trim.
- Hashish@Wikipedia, Hashish@420BASE
- Hash oil
- ↳ also known as Cannabis Oil.
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- Ice-O-Lator
- ↳ also known as Ice Water Hash.
- Iceolator
- ↳ also known as Ice Water Hash.
- ice water extraction
- ↳ also known as wet sieving.
- Ice Water Hash
- Ice Water Hash - also known as Ice-O-Lator, Iceolator, Water Hash and Bubble Hash - is a solventless cannabis Concentrate known for its potent effects. Ice water hash is made without any Solvents but by washing (wet sieving) Fresh Frozen or dried plant material in ice-cold water, hence the name.
- Ice Water Hash@420BASE
- infusing
- Infusing - also known as Infusion - is the process of extracting chemical compounds or flavors from plant material in a Solvent (such as butter, water, cooking-oil or alcohol), by allowing the material to remain suspended in the Solvent over time. (Compared to extracting, where the Solvent would be seperated later again). While Oil and high quality Hashish will dissolve completely in the Solvent - Flower, Trim or Used Rosinbags have to get filtered out from the Infusion before use.
- Infusion@Wikipedia, Infusion@420BASE
- Infusion
- Infusions are food products like butter, fat or Alcohol that has been infused with decarboxilated cannabis and used for the production of Edibles. Cannabis infusions can be made with extracts like Oil or very good qualities of Hashish directly - or with an additional step of filtration also directly from Buds, Trim or Used Rosinbags. See also: infusing and Edibles.
- Infusions@420BASE
- Infusion
- ↳ also known as infusing.
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- Live Resin
- Live Resin refers to refined Cannabis Oil, made from Fresh Frozen Buds or Hashish, with the help of a Solvent or by supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) extraction. Solventless Oil made from Fresh Frozen cannabis is called Live Rosin instead.
- Live Rosin
- Live Rosin refers to Rosin made from Fresh Frozen Buds or Fresh Frozen Hashish.
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- Marijuana
- ↳ also known as Flower.
- Marijuana oil
- ↳ also known as Cannabis Oil.
- Mesh Bags
- ↳ also known as Bubble Bags.
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N
- Non-Polar Solvent
- Non-Polar Solvents like hydrocarbons (for example Butane and propane) are better at extracting non-polar compounds (like Cannabinoids and terpenes) then Polar Solvents like, for example Ethanol.
- Solvent#Solvent classifications@Wikipedia
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- Oil
- ↳ short for Cannabis Oil.
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- Piatella
- ↳ short for Piatella Hash.
- Piatella Hash
- Piatella Hash (from Italian piatto "flat") - usually abbreviated as Piatella - is a specialty artisan Hash made from Fresh Frozen Bubble Hash that is freeze dried and cold cured over a long period with minimal oxygen exposure until it becomes butter-like in consistency.
- Piatella@420BASE
- Polar Solvent
- Polar Solvents are widely used for cannabis extractions. Common examples include water (H₂O) and Ethanol (C₂H₅OH). Compared to Non-Polar Solvents, the polar ones are extracting unwanted by-products like chlorophyll much better - but they are usually more safe to use.
- Solvent#Solvent classifications@Wikipedia
- pressing
- ↳ short for pressing rosin.
- pressing rosin
- Pressing rosin - usually abbreviated as pressing - involves applying heat and pressure - usually with a Rosin Press - to cannabis Flowers or Hash, packed into Rosin Bags, causing the Rosin to flow out while leaving the plant material behind.
- Pressing Rosin@420BASE
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- Resin
- Resin is a solid or highly viscous liquid. In the cannabis world, resin reffers to the sticky substance secreted by the Trichomes of the Marijuana plant. Cannabis Resin has generally high Cannabinoid and Terpene levels. Resin is used also as a general term for solvent-extracted cannabis oils, like in Live Resin, but also even more general for Hashish altogether.
- Rick Simpson Oil
- ↳ also known as Alcohol Extract.
- Rosin
- Rosin (/ˈrɒzɪn/) - also known as Rosin oil and Rosin hash - is a type of cannabis Concentrate, made by mechanically pressing Ice Water Hash or Dry Sift (Hash Rosin) or Flower (Flower Rosin) between two heated plates to squeeze the Resin out of the Trichome heads. After pressing, the rosin can be used directly - because its a solventless extraction - or it can be refined even further for use in Edibles, dabbing, vaping and twaxing applications. Cannabis Rosin made from Fresh Frozen Hashish or Flowers is called Live Rosin.
- Rosin@420BASE
- Rosin Bag
- Rosin Bags - also known as Rosin Extraction Bags and Rosin Filter Bags and usually abbreviated as Filter Bags - act as a filter to separate unwanted plant material from the desired Cannabinoid oils while pressing. Rosin bags are available in different filter-sizes, which are used for different materials. For example small bags (5µm, 15µm, 25µm, 37µm, and 50µm) for extracts like Live Resin, Bubble Hash or Dry Sift - medium bags (75µm, 90µm, 120µm, and 160µm) are used to make Rosin from Flower - and big bags (220µm) are often used to prevent blowouts.
- Rosin Filters Products@420BASE
- Rosin Extraction Bags
- ↳ also known as Rosin Bag.
- Rosin Filter Bags
- ↳ also known as Rosin Bag.
- Rosin hash
- ↳ also known as Rosin.
- Rosin oil
- ↳ also known as Rosin.
- Rosin Press
- Rosin Presses are machines that uses a pair of heated plates to press any cannabis material, such as Buds, Hashish or Live Resin, which causes the Cannabinoids and Terpenes to seep out in an oily form called Rosin. See also: Rosin Bags, pressing.
- Rosin Presses Products@420BASE
- RSO
- ↳ short for Alcohol Extract.
- rubbing
- Rubbing (/ˈɹʌbɪŋ/) - in the context of cannabis - refers to a traditional, solventless method of making Hash by manually rubbing fresh cannabis Buds, sometimes at the living plant, to collect Resin containing Cannabinoids and Terpenes.
- Rubbing@420BASE
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- SFE
- ↳ short for CO2 extraction.
- sieving
- Sieving - also known as sifting - in the cannabis world can mean wet sieving (washing) or dry sieving. Dry-sieving separates particles by shaking or vibrating a dry material through a sieve, while wet sieving uses a liquid (often water) to assist in separating particles, especially those that are fine or tend to clump together. wet sieving is also often called washing instead.
- Sifted Hashish
- ↳ also known as Dry Sift.
- sifting
- ↳ also known as sieving.
- Solvent
- Solvents can be broadly classified into two categories: polar and non-polar. In cannabis extraction, Polar Solvents like Ethanol are better at extracting polar compounds, while Non-Polar Solvents like hydrocarbons (butane and propane) are better at extracting non-polar compounds like Cannabinoids and Terpenes.
- Solvent@Wikipedia, Solvents Products@420BASE
- solvent extraction
- Solvent extraction - also known as extraction with solvents - uses chemical Solvents (like Butane, Ethanol or CO2) to dissolve and Extract Cannabinoids and Terpenes from plant material. In opposite to that there are also solventless extraction technics.
- Extraction with Solvents@420BASE
- solventless extraction
- Solventless extraction in the cannabis world relies on mechanical or physical methods (like heat, pressure, wet sieving or dry sieving as like as filtration) to separate Cannabinoids and Terpenes from plant material without using chemicals (solvent extraction).
- Static Hash
- ↳ also known as Static Sift.
- Static Sift
- Static Sift - also known as Static Sift Hash, Static Hash and Static Tech - refers to a Concentrate derived from cannabis Buds or Trim utilizing a specialized method known as static sifting. This method takes advantage of the properties of static electricity to separate the Trichomes from the plant material, allowing for a purer and cleaner Hashish. Unlike other traditional methods, static sifting stands out for being less invasive, thus preserving the Cannabinoid and Terpene profiles.
- Static-Sift@420BASE
- Static Sift Hash
- ↳ also known as Static Sift.
- static sifting
- Static sifting is a post-processing technique that utilizes static electricity to clean Dry Sift Hashish from unwanted plant material.
- Static Sifting@420BASE
- Static Tech
- ↳ also known as Static Sift.
- supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) extraction
- ↳ also known as CO2 extraction.
- supercritical fluid extraction
- ↳ also known as CO2 extraction.
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- Terpene
- Terpenes (/ˈtɜːrpiːn/) - usually abbreviated as Terps - are aromatic, naturally-occurring chemical compounds found in plants, including cannabis, responsible for their unique aromas and flavors.
- Terpene@Wikipedia
- Terps
- ↳ short for Terpene.
- Terp Sauce
- Terp Sauce is a type of cannabis Concentrate characterized by its high Terpene and low Cannabinoid content, resulting in a runny, syrupy, and flavorful Concentrate, often with visible crystalline structures.
- Terp Sauce@420BASE
- THCA Diamonds
- ↳ also known as Diamond.
- Tincture
- Tinctures are typically extracts of plant, dissolved in Ethanol (Ethyl Alcohol). Solvent concentrations of 25 - 60% are common, but may run as high as 90%. Tictures could be concentrated into Alcohol Extract (Cannabis Oil), or used directly.
- Tincture@Wikipedia, Tinctures@420BASE
- Topical
- Topicals are cannabis products infused in things like gels, balms, and lotions and then applied to the skin. This can treat acute symptoms, including pain or inflammation, by interacting with Cannabinoid receptors in the skin without making you high. Different Infusion technics can be used to produce cannabis topicals, for example nano- or oil-infusions, in order to achieve the desired effects.
- Trichome
- Trichomes (/ˈtraɪkoʊmz, ˈtrɪkoʊmz/; from Greek τρίχωμα (tríkhōma) "cover with hair") are the resinous glands found on the cannabis plant. Trichomes contain a treasure trove of Cannabinoids, Terpenes and other essential compounds responsible for the plants potency and therapeutic benefits. Though trichomes are found throughout the surface of the plant, they are particularly concentrated on the Flowers. Cannabis trichomes serve various functions, including acting as a defense mechanism against pests and predators and helping the plant retain moisture in arid environments. However, their primary significance to the cannabis industry lies in the production of Cannabinoids and Terpenes.
- Trichome@Wikipedia
- Trim
- Trim reffers to the leaves and small pieces of Buds removed from the cannabis plant during post-harvest processing, including sugar leaves, but without fan leaves or bigger stems, if not covered with Trichomes. While often considered waste, trim can be used for various purposes, including making Edibles, Oil, Hashish or various Concentrates.
- Trim@420BASE
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- Used Rosinbags
- Used Rosinbags are simply the already pressed Rosin Bags with the rests of Hashish or Flower inside them. This bags still contain a lot of Cannabinoids and Terpenes, which can be extracted through a solvent extraction or could be used for the Infusion of Edibles.
- Used Rosin Bags@420BASE
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- washing
- ↳ short for wet sieving.
- Washing Bags
- ↳ also known as Bubble Bags.
- Washing Vessel
- Washing Vessels - also known as Work Vessel - are used in the Ice Water Hash production for washing the plant material. They are existing from simple (a bucket) to very sophisticated, motor driven models.
- Work/Wash Solutions Products@420BASE
- Water Hash
- ↳ also known as Ice Water Hash.
- Weed
- ↳ also known as Flower.
- Weed oil
- ↳ also known as Cannabis Oil.
- wet sieving
- Wet sieving - also known as wet sifting and ice water extraction and usually abbreviated as washing - involves agitating cannabis Flower or trichome-rich Trim in ice-cold water. This process, also called washing Hash (Ice-O-Lator), causes the resinous Trichome heads to separate from the plant material and sink to the bottom of the Washing Vessel. The mixture is then filtered through a series of meshes (Bubble Bags) which allow water and Trichomes to pass through while holding back plant matter. Different mesh sizes are used to select and separate desired Trichome sizes.
- Wet Sieving@420BASE
- wet sifting
- ↳ also known as wet sieving.
- Work Vessel
- ↳ also known as Washing Vessel.