Decorticate

[di:'kɒ:tikeit]

(verb.) remove the cortex of (an organ).

(verb.) remove the outer layer of; 'decorticate a tree branch'.

Inputed by Errol--From WordNet

(v. t.) To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull.

Inputed by Lilly

v.t. to deprive of the bark husk or peel.—n. Decorticā′tion.

Editor: Lyle