What does “Cultivar” mean?
A cultivated plant variety. In cannabis it is the accurate term for what is popularly called a strain.
Cultivar in plain English
A cultivated plant variety. In cannabis it is the accurate term for what is popularly called a strain.
Outside a pharmaceutical setting, cultivar naming is unregulated and commercially applied, and the same name can refer to materially different plants.
Names are not used as a basis for prescribing in UK practice. What is prescribed is a preparation with specified, tested content.
Frequently asked questions
What does cultivar mean?
A cultivated plant variety. In cannabis it is the accurate term for what is popularly called a strain.
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