Pot from South America found initially under pecan nuts (8)
I believe the answer is:
saucepan
'pot' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'south america found initially under pecan nuts' is the wordplay.
'south' becomes 's' ('S' can be a synonym of 'south').
'america' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'found' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
'nuts' indicates an anagram (nuts can mean crazy).
The initial letter of 'under' is 'u'.
'pecan' is an anagram of 'cepan'.
's'+'a'+'u'+'cepan'='SAUCEPAN'
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for saucepan that I've seen before include "pot-boiler?" , "Cooking utensil" , "Kitchen vessel" , "kitchenware" , "Cooking pot" .)