Potential, kinetic energy is present in plant (6)
I believe the answer is:
likely
'potential' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'kinetic energy is present in plant' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'energy' could be 'ke' (K.E. is an example) and 'ke' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'lily' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for likely that I've seen before include "Promising; probable" , "Has a good chance of being the case" , "Promising, probably" , "Such as well might happen" , "Quite possible" .)