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
- (transitive) To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc.
- 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
- decorticates
- decorticating
- decorticated
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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