I can leap into action inside a mattress or mechanical clock, yet I also arrive right after winter to wake up every sleeping seed. What am I?
A spring
This riddle tests your knowledge of polysemy, where one single word has multiple distinct definitions. A mechanical spring is a coiled piece of metal that leaps or compresses inside clocks and mattresses. Meanwhile, spring is the season following winter that triggers dormant seeds to sprout and grow.
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