kind, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

kind n.

[Hawaiian surf sl. da kine, anything of which one forgets the precise name]

1. (US) (constr. with the) anything good such as food, drugs or liquor.

1997		Da Bomb Summer Supplement 9: Kind (adj.) 1. The best, superior quality, the ultimate.
2001		(con. 1975–6) E. Little Steel Toes 135: Loafers made from soft, dull leather that the shoe guy swore were the kind.

2. (US drugs, also kind bud) superior quality cannabis.

1989		P. Munro Sl. U.
1996		Eble Campus Sl. Sept. 4: kind – of high quality. From drug culture, a clipping from kind buds, high quality marijuana.
2001		ONDCP Street Terms 13: Kind — Marijuana.
2014		E. Pruitt ‘Houston’ in ThugLit Mar. [ebook] A mysterious field of kind bud hidden deep in the East Texas thicket.