I’m green and have a stem, but I’m not a flower. What am I if I’m often found in your kitchen?
Category: Wordplay · Difficulty: hard
Hint: My name sounds like a period of time.
Answer
A basil
Explanation
The riddle uses a pun on 'thyme', which refers to a herb and sounds like 'time'.
This is a hard wordplay riddle — a tricky one that takes a little thought. The answer is A basil.
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