ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Decorticate

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪt/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Decorticate is a verb meaning (transitive, ergative) To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.

Meaning

(transitive, ergative) To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.

More Meanings

  1. (transitive) To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc.
  2. Having had the cortex removed

Example Sentences

visually decorticate
[…] 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.

Word Forms

Synonyms for decorticate

Depending on context, synonyms include excorticate, delibrate, decorticated.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include posturing, excorticate, peel, pare, bark, disbark.

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