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decorticate

[dē′kȯrd·ə‚kāt]
(biology)
Lacking a cortical layer.
(textiles)
To remove woody residual matter, such as flax from bast fibers after retting.
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Politaria is derived from the Latin word politus, which means made smooth or polished, as all species under politaria have smooth decorticating bark throughout (Asnate et al., 2001).
The drug used is of the inner bark of the stem obtained by decorticating it in pieces or flat fragments of 6 to 10 cm long, 3 to 6 cm high and 5 to 10 mm thick, which might be accompanied by brownish phellem remaining cells.
Walker, who had a hemp decorticating fibre machine in Chula Vista.
A decorticating machine is used to process coconut husks to separate coconut fibers, called coir, from the coco dust.
(39-44) Scott wiring technique involves decorticating the transverse process, the lateral aspect of superior facet, and lamina on each side.
A decorticating machine could extract fiber and dust from up to 8,000 coconut husks in a day.
Selective decorticating exposes graft material to medullary spaces which helps in osteoblastic activity.