Answer:
A word I know, six letters it contains. Subtract just one and twelve remains.
The land was white the seed was black it'll take a good scholar to riddle me that. What is it?
Plant whose name sounds like a dish full of dairy spread.
Give it food and it will live, give it water and it will die.
The older they are the less wrinkles they have.
Iām grown from darkness but shine with a pale light. Very round I am and always a lady's delight.