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Neither bought nor sold but more valuable than gold. It is built but not by hand. What is it?
Though not a plant, has leaves. Though not a beast, has spine. Though many wouldn't need this thing, It's more valuable than wine.
Describes universities like Harvard and can be poisonous.
What can answer in any language? What can speak without a mouth? What can sing without an ear?
Stealthy as a shadow in the dead of night, cunning but affectionate if given a bite. Never owned but often loved. At my sport considered cruel, but that's because you never know me at all.
If lightning strikes an orchestra who is the one most likely to get hit?