Authenticated resin brought back from SE France (9)
I believe the answer is:
provencal
'se france' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'authenticated resin brought back' is the wordplay.
'authenticated' becomes 'proven' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'resin' becomes 'lac' (resin secreted by lac insects).
'brought back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'lac' backwards is 'cal'.
'proven'+'cal'='PROVENCAL'
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for provencal that I've seen before include "French citizen" , "Language in France" , "French language" , "dialect" , "Of the region in south-eastern France" .)