Cannabis strains come from the process of breeding male cannabis plants with females to create different varieties that include some aspects of each parent plants. Plant varieties (cultivars) are selectively bred to produce distinct, desirable traits and effects of cannabis. The traits and effects include differentiated products or can be cultivation traits such as fast-flowering, pest resistance, or high yield. There is no standard for cannabis strain naming and cultivators have cultivated and named hundreds of cannabis strains.
A specific breed of cannabis, strains are meticulously developed to highlight or combine desired traits, such as potency, flavor, or growth patterns. Each strain offers a unique experience, catering to diverse preferences.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
strain (noun)1.
a) - lineage ancestry
b) a group of presumed common ancestry with clear-cut physiological but usually not morphological distinctions - a high-yielding strain of winter wheat , broadly a specified infraspecific group (as a stock, line, or ecotype)
c) - kind sort discussions of a lofty strain
2.
a) inherited or inherent character, quality, or disposition - a strain of madness in the family
b) - trace streak a strain of fanaticism
3.
a) - tune air
b) a passage of verbal or musical expression
c) a stream or outburst of forceful or impassioned speech
4.
a) the tenor, pervading note, burden, or tone of an utterance or of a course of action or conduct
b) - mood temper
transitive verb
1.
a) to draw tight cause to fit firmly - strain the bandage over the wound
b) to stretch to maximum extension and tautness - strain a canvas over a frame
2.
a) to exert (as oneself) to the utmost
b) to injure by overuse, misuse, or excessive pressure - strained his back
c) to cause a change of form or size in (a body) by application of external force
3.
to squeeze or clasp tightly as
a) - hug
b) to compress painfully - constrict
4.
a) to cause to pass through a - strainer filter
b) to remove by - straining strain lumps out of the gravy
5.
to stretch beyond a proper limit - that story strains my credulity
6.
intransitive verb
obsolete to squeeze out - extort
1.
a) to make violent efforts - strive has to strain to reach the high notes
b) to pull against resistance - a dog straining at its leash
c) to contract the muscles forcefully in attempting to defecate - often used in the phrase strain at stool
2.
to pass through or as if through a strainer - the liquid strains readily
3.
to make great difficulty or resistance - balk
1.
an act of or the condition of being as - straining strained
a) bodily injury from excessive tension, effort, or use - heart strain , especially one resulting from a wrench or twist and involving undue stretching of muscles or ligaments - back strain
b) excessive or difficult exertion or labor
c) excessive physical or mental tension , also a force, influence, or factor causing such tension - a strain on the marriage
d) deformation of a material body under the action of applied forces
2.
an unusual reach, degree, or intensity - pitch
3.
archaic a strained interpretation of something said or written
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
strain (noun)1.
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
SYNONYMS:
birth, blood, bloodline, breeding, descent, extraction, family tree, genealogy, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock, strainRELATED WORDS:
heredity, succession; family, house; kin, kindred, relations, relatives; raceNEAR ANTONYMS:
offspring; child, heir, inheritor, son, successor2.
a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect
SYNONYMS:
air, lay, song, strain, tune, warbleRELATED WORDS:
descant ( discant); cadence, measure, meter, rhythm; ballad, ditty, hymn, lyric, madrigal3.
a very small amount
SYNONYMS:
ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, nip, ounce, peanuts, ray, scintilla, scruple, shade, shadow, shred, skosh, smack, smell, smidgen ( smidgeon smidgin smidge), snap, soupçon, spark, spatter, speck, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, touch, traceRELATED WORDS:
hoot, iota, jot, minim, minimum, modicum, semblance, syllable, tittle, vestige, whit; atom, dot, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, patch, scrap; dash, drop, pinch; part, portion, section; bite, nibble, taste; handful, scattering, smatter, smattering; dose, shot; chip, flake, fragment, shard, shiver, sliver, smithereens, splinter; shred, tatter; clipping, paring, shavingNEAR ANTONYMS:
abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, lashings ( lashins) [], loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealth; volume; bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus; chunk, hunk, lump, slab4.
a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common
SYNONYMS:
breed, class, description, feather, genre, ilk, kidney, kind, like, manner, nature, order, species, strain, stripe, type, varietyRELATED WORDS:
model; sample, specimen; bracket, bunch, category, division, family, grade, group, grouping, lot, persuasion, rank(s), set, suitethe burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time
SYNONYMS:
pressure, strain, tensionRELATED WORDS:
load, weight; anxiety, concern, uneasiness, worry; aggravation, anger, annoyance, exasperation, irritation, persecution, troubleNEAR ANTONYMS:
comfort, consolation1.
to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure
SYNONYMS:
pull, rack, stretch, wrenchRELATED WORDS:
fray, tax, weaken; damage, harm, hurt, impair, wound; batter, bruise, tear; cripple, lame, mangle, mutilate2.
to pass through a filter
SYNONYMS:
filter, screenRELATED WORDS:
leach, percolate3.
to devote serious and sustained effort
SYNONYMS:
bang away, beaver (away), dig (away), drudge, endeavor, fag, grub, hump, hustle, moil, peg (away), plod, plow, plug, slave, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, tug, workRELATED WORDS:
apply (oneself), buckle (down), dig in, hammer (away), knuckle down, pitch in; attack, drive; essay, try; exercise, exert, overexert, overwork; eke out, grind (out), put out, scrabble, scratch; trudge, wadeNEAR ANTONYMS:
break, ease (up), let up, slacken; bum, chill, dally, dillydally, footle, goldbrick, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around out), idle, laze, loaf, lounge, shirk, slack (off), veg out; bask, loll, relax, repose, rest, unwind; dabble, doodle, fool around, fribble, goof (around), hang, hang about [], mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle4.
to flow forth slowly through small openings
SYNONYMS:
bleed, ooze, percolate, seep, strain, sweat, transude, weepRELATED WORDS:
dribble, drip, trickle; discharge, emit, give off, vent; emanate, flow, springNEAR ANTONYMS:
flood, gush, pour, stream, surge5.
to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress
SYNONYMS:
strain, stretch, tax, testRELATED WORDS:
demand, exact, importune, press, pressure, push; aggravate, agitate, annoy, bother, exasperate, gall, get (to), gnaw (at), grate, harass, harry, hassle, irk, irritate, nettle, pain, peeve, pester, rile, spite, vex6.
to draw tight
SYNONYMS:
strain, stretch, tauten, tenseRELATED WORDS:
elongate, extend, lengthen; cinch, constrictNEAR ANTONYMS:
ease, relax7.
to put one's arms around and press tightly
SYNONYMS:
bear-hug, clasp, crush, enclasp, enfold, grasp, hug, strainRELATED WORDS:
clamp, cling, cradle, grab, grip, hold; bosom, embosom, encircle, entwine, envelop, enwind; fold, lock, twine, wrap; cuddle, fondle, nestle, nuzzle, pat, pet, snuggle, strokeCultivar, Variety, Type, Breed, Lineage