love-in-idleness

/ləv ɪn ˌaɪdlnəs/
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Definitions of love-in-idleness
  1. noun
    a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived
    synonyms: Johnny-jump-up, Viola tricolor, heartsease, pink of my John, wild pansy
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    type of:
    viola
    any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola
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