decorticate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: decorticate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for decorticate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
decorticate v remove the outer layer of; "decorticate a tree branch" remove the cortex of (an organ)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Decorticate \Decor"ticate\, 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. [bd]Great barley dried and decorticated.[b8] --Arbuthnot.