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Shelled out cash, if perpetrating bloomer (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fuchsia

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'bloomer' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
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(Other definitions for fuchsia that I've seen before include "Ornamental flowering plant - reddish-purple" , "Vivid purplish-red" , "Pinkish-purple" , "Shrub with pendulous purplish-red flowers" , "Flowering shrub" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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