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Decorticates vs Decorticated - What's the difference?

decorticates | decorticated |

As a verb decorticates

is third-person singular of decorticate.

As an adjective decorticated is

having had the outer covering removed.

decorticates

English

Verb

(head)
  • (decorticate)

    • decorticate

    English

    Verb

    (decorticat)
  • To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.
  • To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc.

    • Derived terms

    * decorticated * decortication

    decorticated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having had the outer covering removed
  • * An ingredient of animal feed is decorticated soybean