illustration Decorticate

Decorticate

[dee-KOR-də-keit]

Part of speech: verb

Origin: Latin, 17th century

1.

Remove the bark, rind, or husk from.

Examples of Decorticate in a sentence

"Bananas are inedible if you don’t decorticate them."

"When I’m bored, I can spend hours whittling and decorticating sticks from the woodpile."

illustration Decorticate

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