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Usually green but can be brown. It's a great place to play or lie down. What is it?
In birth I spring forth, in life I unfold. In death I wilt and die, but rebirth restores all.
Handy when you need to measure something or run a kingdom.
You do this into someone's ear when you want to be discreet.
What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
What do you purposefully put lots of in and on your body, but run away from when you encounter it outside?