CBD
, said see bee dee abbr.- n. Cannabidiol, one of the two main cannabinoids of the cannabis plant. THC, the other, is the one that causes a high. See cannabidiol.
- n. (medicine) The common bile duct. See CBD (medicine).
- n. (planning) The central business district of a city.
Usage “CBD flower” means hemp flower bred to be high in CBD. The shop on this site sells high-THCA hemp flower, not CBD flower.
Origin Short for cannabidiol (cannabis + -diol, two hydroxyl groups). Isolated from Minnesota wild hemp in 1940; its structure was set out in 1963.
See also CBDA · CBG · CBN · hemp · full spectrum
Checked against the FDA and NCCIH pages below on .
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA Regulation of Cannabis and Cannabis-Derived Products, Including Cannabidiol (CBD).
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NIH). Cannabis (Marijuana) and Cannabinoids: What You Need To Know.
- Adams R, Hunt M, Clark JH. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 62 (1940): 196–200. Mechoulam R, Shvo Y. Tetrahedron 19 (1963): 2073–2078.
