noun
Usage: usually capitalized J
Etymology: after Joseph, Old Testament patriarch; from his coat of many colors (Gen 37:3 — AV)
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: as
a. : a tampala with red and green variegated leaves grown as an ornamental
b. : coleus 2