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Unread 13 Apr 2003, 18:48   #1
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help with a riddle
I grow in between the ocean and the land, I have leaves and can grow quite large, yet I do not grow in sand?


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SEA WEED!!!!!!!11111
I was thinking that, but does Seaweed have leaves?
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seaweed doest grow on land and it doesnt grow large
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A beach.... although I cannot place the "leaf" part...

- it grows due to the sea depositing sand
- it's in BETWEEN land and sea
- It's can be large
- It doesn't grow in sand
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A beach.... although I cannot place the "leaf" part...

- it grows due to the sea depositing sand
- it's in BETWEEN land and sea
- It's can be large
- It doesn't grow in sand
maybe the tideline... leaves (seaweed and the like) wash up on it...
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The answer is "wave."

It grows in between the ocean and the land.

It leaves things behind.

It can grow quite large.

It does not grow in sand.

Voila. I lived by the ocean for a year and almost always spend my vacations by the ocean.
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Voila. I lived by the ocean for a year and almost always spend my vacations by the ocean.
I also know what an ocean looks like, and that there are waves and beaches there and stuff. I've been there too.

But now it comes down to the interpretation of "leaves". "Things left behind" or "lateral structure attached to a stem".
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I also know what an ocean looks like, and that there are waves and beaches there and stuff. I've been there too.

But now it comes down to the interpretation of "leaves". "Things left behind" or "lateral structure attached to a stem".
Wave is the only correct answer. IMNVHO.

If it is a plant that grows there, has leaves, but does not grow in sand, it can only be a plant that grows only on the side of trees, on rocks or perhaps on the back of crabs. Most plants I have met are willing to grow in sand. I suspect there are perhaps some plants (with leaves) that only grow on the backs of crabs, but that does not fit very well with how riddles work.

If it was a "lateral structure attached to a stem," then the answer would be something like "philodropholous peridendrom" -- a plant that can only survive while growing from limestone that is on a coastline.

Riddles generally don't work like that.
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Sea creature such as a turtle? Just to throw a different vantage point in there.
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Wave is the only correct answer. IMNVHO.
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I have leaves and can grow quite large
Based on the way this riddle is written you dont make sense.


It could be "beach" 'cos "Beech" is a kind of tree.
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seaweed has leaves. and it grows on rocks, not sand.
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