Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
alkaline-loving is an adjective meaning "thriving in a relatively alkaline environment; (especially of plants requiring a pH above 7)". It carries one recorded sense.
thriving in a relatively alkaline environment; (especially of plants requiring a pH above 7)
plant
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for alkaline-loving come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. .