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/diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪt/ · verb
(transitive, ergative) To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something..
[…] 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.
visually decorticate
Use decorticate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Decorticate means (transitive, ergative) To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something..
Common synonyms include excorticate, delibrate, decorticated.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] 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.
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