The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word LABELLED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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What does LABELLED mean?
LABELLED verb- To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
- (ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
- To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.
- To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro
- Having a label, tagged.
- Defined or described (as).