'Decorticate' definitions:

Definition of 'decorticate'

From: WordNet
verb
Remove the outer layer of; "decorticate a tree branch"
verb
Remove the cortex of (an organ)

Definition of 'Decorticate'

From: GCIDE
  • Decorticate \De*cor"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decorticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decorticating.] [L. decorticatus, p. p. of decorticare to bark; de- + cortex bark.] To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull. "Great barley dried and decorticated." --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]