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Face with a tree skin like the sea. A great beast I am. Yet vermin frightens me.
I am a nut with a hole
I'm a word that's hardly there. Take away my start and I'm an herbal flair. What am I?
Before Mt. Everest was discovered what was the highest mountain in the world?
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
When is it bad luck to see a black cat?