decorticate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb remove the outer layer of
    • decorticate a tree branch
  2. verb remove the cortex of (an organ)

WordNet

De*cor"ti*cate transitive verb
Etymology
L. decorticatus, p. p. of decorticare to bark; de- + cortex bark.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Decorticated; present participle & verbal noun Decorticating
Definitions
  1. To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull. "Great barley dried and decorticated." Arbuthnot.

Webster 1913