quilled adjective. [kwɪld] L16.
[from QUILL noun¹ & verb: see -ED², -ED¹.]
1. Having or fitted with a quill or quills. L16.

2. Having the form of a quill or quills; spec. (of a lace edge etc.) formed into quills, goffered. E18.
b. Botany. (Of the florets of a composite flower) abnormally tubular instead of ligulate, as in certain horticultural varieties; (of a flower-head) having florets of this form. E19.

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