JOSEPH'S COAT


Meaning of JOSEPH'S COAT in English

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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.