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Joseph's coat   /dʒˈoʊzəfs koʊt/   Listen
Joseph's coat

noun
1.
Perennial aromatic herb of southeastern Asia having large usually bright-colored or blotched leaves and spikes of blue-violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Solenostemon.  Synonyms: Coleus blumei, painted nettle, Solenostemon blumei, Solenostemon scutellarioides.






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"Joseph's coat" Quotes from Famous Books



... were plying up and down the river, some with masts and some without, and great junks with carved sterns lay side by side so closely that their sails formed a patchwork as many-colored as Joseph's coat. There were West River small craft with arched deck-houses, which had beaten their way precariously far up and down the coast; tall, narrow sails from the north, and web-peaked sails on curved yards from the south; Hainan and Kwangtung trawlers ...
— The Mutineers • Charles Boardman Hawes



Words linked to "Joseph's coat" :   Solenostemon scutellarioides, coleus, Solenostemon blumei, flame nettle



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