Cortical :: Cortical (a.) Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney..
Decortication :: Decortication (n.) The act of stripping off the bark, rind, hull, or outer coat..
Decorticator :: Decorticator (n.) A machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain, etc.; also, an instrument for removing surplus bark or moss from fruit trees..
Excorticate :: Excorticate (v. t.) To strip of bark or skin; to decorticate.
Excortication :: Excortication (n.) The act of stripping off bark, or the state of being thus stripped; decortication..