[jQuery] find expression and removing from the page

[jQuery] find expression and removing from the page


So lets say I have this simple HTML structure someonwheres in my
document:
<ul id="bigul">
<li id="placeholder">
some text
</li>
</ul>
and I want to remove the place holder.
I guess I'm trying something like this:
$find("#bigul>#placeholder).remove();
Is that some what on the right track?