Learner admitted to poor grade on exam, exhibiting bloomers (6)
I believe the answer is:
floral
'exhibiting bloomers' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'learner admitted to poor grade on exam' is the wordplay.
'learner' becomes 'l' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
'admitted to' indicates putting letters inside.
'poor grade' becomes 'f'.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'exam' becomes 'oral' (spoken academic test).
'f'+'oral'='foral'
'l' going into 'foral' is 'FLORAL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for floral that I've seen before include "To do with flowers, perhaps an arrangement" , "Such tributes" , "Of flowers, like wreath" , "sort of arrangement" , "Like daffodils" .)