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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Decorticate \De*cor"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decorticated}; p. pr & vb n. {Decorticating}.] [L. decorticatus p. p. of decorticare to bark; de- + cortex bark.] To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull. ``Great barley dried and decorticated.'' --Arbuthnot. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: decorticate v : remove the outer layer of "decorticate a tree branch"
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