Joseph's coat
noun
1
: a coat of many colors
a country as dappled and patchy as Joseph's coat
T. H. Fielding
T. H. Fielding2
: 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)