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
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
