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Webster 1913 Edition
Decorticate
De-cor′ti-cate
,Verb.
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 1828 Edition
Decorticate
DECOR'TICATE
,Verb.
T.
DECOR'TICATE
D,pp.
DECOR'TICATING, ppr. Stripping off bark or the external coat; peeling.
DECORTICA'TION, n. The act of stripping off bark or husk.
DECO'RUM, n. [L. to become.]
Definition 2024
decorticate
decorticate
English
Verb
decorticate (third-person singular simple present decorticates, present participle decorticating, simple past and past participle decorticated)
- (transitive) To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.
- (transitive) To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc.
Derived terms
Translations
surgically remove the surface layer
Italian
Adjective
decorticate f pl
- feminine plural of decorticato
Verb
decorticate
- second-person plural present indicative of decorticare
- second-person plural imperative of decorticare
- feminine plural of decorticato