Bloomer due to a female drinking alcohol (4,4)

I believe the answer is:

arum lily

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'bloomer' is the definition.
(arum lily is a kind of flowering plant)

'a female drinking alcohol' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'lily' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'drinking' indicates putting letters inside.
'alcohol' becomes 'rum' (rum is a kind of alcohol).
'a'+'lily'='alily'
'alily' going around 'rum' is 'ARUM LILY'.

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(Another definition for arum lily that I've seen is " plant".)

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