1. to remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something
Usage: technical; botanical
2. to remove the cortex from an organ, especially the brain
Usage: medical

Examples

• The workers decorticate the hemp fibers to prepare them for textile production.
• Scientists decorticate tree samples to study the inner wood structure.
• The machine can decorticate large quantities of grain efficiently.
• Researchers decorticate brain tissue to examine deeper structures.
• Traditional methods to decorticate rice involve pounding with wooden pestles.
• The process to decorticate cork requires careful timing and technique.