Found 2 items, similar to decorticate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: decorticate decorticate v 1: remove the outer layer of; “decorticate a tree branch” 2: remove the cortex of (an organ)
English → English (gcide) Definition: Decorticate Decorticate \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. [1913 Webster]