a. Zool. and Bot. [ad. L. corticāt-us having bark, f. cortex: see -ATE2.] Having bark; made of the nature of bark.
1846. Dana, Zooph. (1848), 583. Stem sparingly ramose corticate.
1866. Treas. Bot., Corticate, having a rind, as the orange.
1882. in Syd. Soc. Lex.