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I applaud you to the max in that one...
There's a spice, cardamom I think, that is usually sold as "decorticated". I believe it means that the husk is removed so that the seeds are available for use.
Oh, crap, now I've gone and turned it into a food thread...
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The three definitions of décortiquer in French are:
1. Verb: to remove the husk, carapace, shell, envelope from something
2. Verbe figuré (I don’t know if there is an English equivalent to this) It means “figure of speech verb”: to make a complete examination, or minute analysis, of it.
3. Verb: to remove the cerebral cortex from a lab animal.
So your decorticated spice falls neatly into this category.
The fourth definition of décortiquer is:
4. To remove all of the brain matter capable of higher thought before entry into public office.
Is décortiquer related to décor, then, which also has to do with surfaces?
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