Riddle

How you describe me is what I am. Poets might hate me, but sailors should love me. I can't give them the sea, but only something that sounds like it. What am I?

Choose an answer

A.A lemon
B.A lime
C.A grapefruit
D.An orange. (Note: orange doesn't rhyme with anything, and it gives sailors vitamin C (a homophone of sea))
Hint: It's a 18-word phrase with 81 letters, starting with "A".

Answer

An orange. (Note: orange doesn't rhyme with anything, and it gives sailors vitamin C (a homophone of sea))

Why this is the answer

"Orange" famously has no rhyme, and its vitamin C sounds like "sea," which sailors would appreciate for preventing scurvy.

This riddle is filed under Love, Happy Riddles and rated Hard.