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I'm a word that's hardly there. Take away my start and I'm an herbal flair. What am I?
I make you weak at the worst of all times. I keep you safe, I keep you fine. I make your hands sweat and your heart grow cold. I visit the weak, but seldom the bold. What am I?
I start with āeā end with āeā. I have whole countries inside me. What am I?
What gets wetter as it dries?
With a halo of water and a tongue of wood; stone as skin long I stood.
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.