Odd bits removed, see ship in bottle that's silvery-white (9)
I believe the answer is:
magnesium
'odd bits removed see ship' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'in bottle that's silvery-white' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bottle' becomes 'magnum' (magnum is a kind of bottle).
'that's silvery white' becomes 'esi' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'magnum' going around 'esi' is 'MAGNESIUM'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for magnesium that I've seen before include "Silvery-white metallic element" , "member of a second group" , "flammable element" , "Silver-white metal" , "Silver-white metallic element" .)