Cannabis plant (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

Cannabis plant

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The flowering bud of a female Cannabis sativa plant. The frosty appearance comes from a dense coating of glandular trichomes, which are tiny, crystal-like structures that produce the plant’s distinctive compounds like cannabinoids and aromatic terpenes.

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Salk Institute

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