Cream and gold seen in a plant (5)
I believe the answer is:
ivory
'cream' is the definition.
(ivory is a cream colour)
'gold seen in a plant' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'gold' could be 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold) and 'or' is found in the answer.
'plant' could be 'ivy' (ivy is a plant) and 'ivy' is found within the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ivory that I've seen before include "Shade of white" , "recluse's tower?" , "Substance of elephant's tusk" , "Smooth material of elephant tusks" , "Material from tusks of certain mammals" .)