decorticate
[verb]
Synonyms: skin, excorticate, peel, scale, strip

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Related Words: bark, scalp, denude, divest

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decorticate verb trans. [di:'kɔ:tɪkeɪt] E17.
[Latin decorticat- pa. ppl stem of decorticare, from de- DE- 3 + cortex, cortic- bark: see -ATE³.]
Remove the peel, husk, bark, or outer layer from; subject to decortication. Freq. as decorticated ppl adjective.

■ decorticator noun a person who or thing which decorticates; a device for decorticating: L19.

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