JOSEPH'S-COAT


Meaning of JOSEPH'S-COAT in English

/joh"zeuhfs koht", -seuhfs-/ , n.

a cultivated form of Amaranthus tricolor, having headlike clusters of small flowers and blotched and colored leaves. Cf. tampala .

[ 1865-70, Amer.; named after JOSEPH (def. 1) and his coat of many colors ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .