1. removing the bark, husk, or outer layer from something
Usage: present participle of decorticate
2. removing the outer layer of an organ or structure
Usage: medical

Examples

• The workers were decorticating the coconuts to extract the fiber.
• She spent the morning decorticating rice by hand.
• The machine is capable of decorticating large quantities of grain efficiently.
• Decorticating the bark revealed the smooth wood underneath.
• The surgeon was decorticating the lung tissue during the procedure.
• Traditional methods of decorticating hemp were labor-intensive.