What is the Latin word for rind?

The usual Latin words for “rind” are cortex, līber, liber; also obdūcō, dēcorticō, dēlibrō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“rind” in Latin

cortexthe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree; cork; the shell or outward part or covering of anything else; body; life pr līberfree, independent, unrestricted, unchecked, unrestrained, licentious; freeman, freewoman; open (not decided or settled)liberbook; the inner bark of a tree obdūcōto lead, conduct, bring or draw towards, before, forward or against; to cover by drawing over; cover over, overlay, over dēcorticōto remove the bark or peel; to decorticate dēlibrōto decorticate

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

rind

cortex (outer): liber (inner). To be covered with rind, cortice, libro, obduci: to strip off the rind, decorticare (Plin.); delibrare (Col.); delibrare corticem (Col.).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for rind?: The usual Latin words for “rind” are cortex, līber, liber; also obdūcō, dēcorticō, dēlibrō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.