My name sounds like a magical yellow staff made of pure leprechaun treasure, but I am actually a wild yellow flower. What am I?
Goldenrod
The compound word 'goldenrod' fuses 'golden' (like leprechaun treasure) with 'rod' (a staff or stick). Despite sounding like a magical metal object, it is actually a common wild yellow autumn flower.
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