decorticate
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
decorticate /diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪt/
▶verb
- 1 (often as adj. decorticated) technical remove the bark, rind, or husk from.
- 2 remove the cortex from (an organ).
– derivatives
decortication noun.
decortication noun.
– origin C17: from L. decorticat-, decorticare ‘to strip of bark’.
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