Sensemilla

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Unfertilized female cannabis flowers grown without seeds, prized for their high potency and strong aroma
2. The seedless, resinous flower tops of the cannabis plant, cultivated by removing male plants to prevent pollination
3. Cannabis buds that develop without seed production, valued by growers and users for their concentrated psychoactive resin

Etymology: Sensemilla is the seedless form of cannabis, and its name is a plain Spanish phrase: "sin semilla," meaning "without seeds." The word is a loanword from Spanish, and the seedlessness it names is the point. Growers prize the unpollinated female plant because it produces flowers without seeds, and those flowers concentrate the resin that gives the drug its effect. Seeds in the flower head would otherwise take up energy and dilute the product. The spelling "sinsemilla" is the more common form, and "sensemilla" is a variant that follows the same Spanish phrase with a different vowel in the first syllable. The English word therefore records a Spanish description of a horticultural practice rather than a scientific or invented term, and its meaning has not drifted from that original sense.

Synonyms: sinsemilla