Caught African animal in European plant (9)
I believe the answer is:
celandine
'plant' is the definition.
(celandine is a kind of plant)
'caught african animal in european' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'african animal' becomes 'eland' (eland is a type of antelope).
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'c'+'eland'+'in'+'e'='CELANDINE'
(Other definitions for celandine that I've seen before include "Land niece with the swallowwort." , "... one blooming" , "Plant of buttercup family" , "Flowering plant - decennial (anag)" .)