Answer:
You eat something you neither plant nor plow. It is the son of water, but if water touches it, it dies.
What loses its head in the morning and gets it back at night?
When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
A dragon's tooth in a mortal's hand, I kill, I maim, I divide the land.
Talks like this, a green wise man does. Guess my clue, you will.
Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it. But almost nobody takes it.