Plant biologist, by another name (8)

I believe the answer is:

botanist

(Other definitions for botanist that I've seen before include "Student of plants" , "Banks" , "investigating bloomers, for example?" , "Someone studying plants" , "Scientist who studies plants" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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