Prudish woman makes bloomer (8)
I believe the answer is:
primrose
'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.
Can you help me to learn more?
(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" .)