LOVE-IN-IDLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does love-in-idleness mean? 

• LOVE-IN-IDLENESS (noun)
  The noun LOVE-IN-IDLENESS has 1 sense:

1. a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived

  Familiarity information: LOVE-IN-IDLENESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOVE-IN-IDLENESS (noun)

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Meaning:

A common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

heartsease; Johnny-jump-up; love-in-idleness; pink of my John; Viola tricolor; wild pansy

Hypernyms ("love-in-idleness" is a kind of...):

viola (any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola)