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."
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