Joseph's coat

noun

1

: a coat of many colors

a country as dappled and patchy as Joseph's coat

—T. H. Fielding

2

: any of certain plants with variegated foliage: such as

a

: a tampala with red and green variegated leaves grown as an ornamental

b

: coleus

Word History

Etymology

after Joseph, Old Testament patriarch; from his coat of many colors (Genesis 37:3—AV)

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