a. Zool. and Bot. [ad. L. corticāt-us having bark, f. cortex: see -ATE2.] Having bark; made of the nature of bark.

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1846.  Dana, Zooph. (1848), 583. Stem sparingly ramose … corticate.

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1866.  Treas. Bot., Corticate, having a rind, as the orange.

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1882.  in Syd. Soc. Lex.

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