Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. 
 (of wood) have a pattern from the grain of a tree burl; 
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
patterned \patterned\ adj.
   Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
   [Narrower terms: banded, blotched, blotchy, splotched,
   brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby, burled, checked,
   checkered, dappled, mottled, dotted, flecked, specked,
   speckled, stippled, figured, floral, flowered, laced,
   marbled, marbleized, moire, watered, pinstriped,
   pinstripe(prenominal), slashed, streaked, spotted,
   sprigged, streaked, streaky, striped, stripy,
   tessellated, veined, venose] plain, solid
   [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Burl \Burl\ (b[^u]rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burled (b[^u]rld);
   p. pr. & vb. n. Burling.] [OE. burle stuffing, or a knot in
   cloth; cf. F. bourlet, bourrelet, OF. bourel, a wreath or a
   roll of cloth, linen, or leather, stuffed with flocks, etc.,
   dim. of bourre. [root]92. See Bur.]
   To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose
   threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
   [1913 Webster]
   Burling iron, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used
      in burling woolen cloth.
      [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
burled \burled\ (b[^u]rld), adj.
   having an irregular pattern from the grain of a tree burl[2],
   or one resembling such a pattern, in contrast to the regular
   wood grain consisting of parallel or concentric lines; -- of
   wood.
   [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
burled
    adj 1: (of wood) have a pattern from the grain of a tree burl