decorticate
(verb) remove the cortex of (an organ)
decorticate
(verb) remove the outer layer of; “decorticate a tree branch”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
decorticate (third-person singular simple present decorticates, present participle decorticating, simple past and past participle decorticated)
(transitive) To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.
(transitive) To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc.
• (remove bark): excorticate, delibrate
Source: Wiktionary
De*cor"ti*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decorticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decorticating.] Etym: [L. decorticatus, p. p. of decorticare to bark; de- + cortex bark.]
Definition: To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull. "Great barley dried and decorticated." Arbuthnot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
