Joseph's-coat
[ joh-zuh fs-koht, -suh fs- ]
/ ˈdʒoʊ zəfsˈkoʊt, -səfs- /
noun
a cultivated form of Amaranthus tricolor, having headlike clusters of small flowers and blotched and colored leaves.
Compare
tampala.
Origin of Joseph's-coat
1865–70,
Americanism; named after
Joseph(def 1) and his coat of many colors (Gen. 37:3)