A yam raising race? (4)
I believe the answer is:
maya
'race?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'a yam raising' is the wordplay.
'raising' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'a'+'yam'='ayam'
'ayam' reversed gives 'MAYA'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for maya that I've seen before include "Old C. American people; world as illusion" , "People of areas such as Guatemala" , "Native people of Central America" , "People who built Chichen Itza, Tikal etc." , "Central American language" .)