The process or act of removing bark from a tree or cortex from an anatomical structure; the condition of being debarked.
Noun form of 'excorticate' with the suffix '-tion.' Used in botany and anatomy to describe the removal of outer layers.
In forestry, excorication by insects can destroy entire harvests—the term has real economic importance because bark-stripping insects cost timber industries millions annually.
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