Decorticate

v. t.

1.

To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull. [imp. & p. p. Decorticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decorticating.]

Verb	1.	decorticate - remove the outer layer of; "decorticate a tree branch"
	2.	decorticate - remove the cortex of (an organ)

decortication, strip