Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
love-in-idleness is a noun meaning "a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived". It carries one recorded sense.
a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for love-in-idleness come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.