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Prudish woman makes bloomer (8)

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I believe the answer is:

primrose

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'bloomer' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'prudish woman' is the wordplay.
'prudish' becomes 'prim' (synonyms).
'woman' becomes 'rose' ().
'prim'+'rose'='PRIMROSE'

'makes' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for primrose that I've seen before include "Spring woodland flower" , "Pale yellow flower" , "Wild flower (connected to an attractive path?)" , "Woodland plant with pale yellow flowers" , "Rip morse up to find the flower" .)

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