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Officer not content, having criticised a bloomer (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orchid

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

'officer not content having criticised' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'not' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found within the answer.
'content' could be 'hi' (hi is a kind of content) and 'hi' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for orchid that I've seen before include "Exotic plant with unusually shaped flowers of vivid colour" , "Highly prized flower" , "Cor! hid in the flower" , "elaborate bloomer" , "Beautiful exotic flower" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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