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I have a few points but we're not competing. I'll help you win when you're eating. What am I?
I am flora not fauna. I am foliage not trees. I am shrubbery not grass.
I am a red drum which sounds without being touched, and grows silent, when touched. What am I?
I am orange and sound like a parrot.
I am a food with 5 letters. If you remove the first letter I am a form of energy. Remove two and I’m needed to live. Scramble the last 3 and you can drink me down.
Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it. But almost nobody takes it.