Definition of Decortecate
De*cor"ti*cate (?), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Decorticated; p. pr. & vb.
n. Decorticating.] [L. decorticatus, p. p. of
decorticare to bark; de- + cortex bark.] To
divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to
hull. "Great barley dried and decorticated."
Arbuthnot.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something
- To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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