decorticate

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"Far from infrequent, on decorticate pine, of Lycogala atrum a constant companion"!

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

Whenever a machine is invented that will economically decorticate the Ramie fiber, its cultivation will become an important industry in this country.

From The Hawaiian Islands Their Resources, Agricultural, Commercial and Financial by Hawaii. Dept. of Foreign Affairs