Glossary · Plant types

Sativa

A marketing label for cannabis varieties commonly tied to uplifting, cerebral, energizing effects suited to daytime use. The term has little reliable botanical meaning today, but shoppers treat it as shorthand for "head high." A strain's actual chemistry matters more than the sativa tag on the jar.

See also
Energy strains
Related terms
IndicaHybridStrainTerpinoleneSativa-dominant
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