decorticate — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.

   Usage

   • ergative
   • Transitive

   Synonyms

   excorticatedelibrate

   Examples

   […] but its striking white trunk, which changes to a bright pink in late spring or summer just before it decorticates, makes it a handsome species.

2. To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc.

   Usage

   • Transitive

Adjective

1. Having had the cortex removed

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Synonyms

   decorticated

   Examples

   visually decorticate

Verb

1. remove the outer layer of

   Broader terms

   strip

   Examples

   decorticate a tree branch

2. remove the cortex of (an organ)

   Broader terms

   removetaketake awaywithdrawtake offpull