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Bloom reserving different name for female who knows best (6,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mother nature

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'female who knows best' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'bloom reserving different name' is the wordplay.
'bloom' becomes 'mature' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'reserving' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters get reserved or contained).
'different' becomes 'other' (similar in meaning).
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'other'+'n'='othern'
'mature' going around 'othern' is 'MOTHER NATURE'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for mother nature that I've seen before include "female with ecological concerns?" , "Universal life force" .)

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