My first letter starts the alphabet, and my remaining four letters spell a yellow crop harvested in autumn. Put us together and I am an oak tree's tiny seed. What am I?
Acorn
Combining the letter 'A' with 'corn' forms 'acorn', the seed of an oak tree harvested by wildlife in fall.
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