Give an account of rice beds, perhaps (8)
I believe the answer is:
describe
'give an account of' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'rice beds perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'rice'+'beds'='ricebeds'
'ricebeds' is an anagram of 'DESCRIBE'.
(Other definitions for describe that I've seen before include "Say what something is like (8)" , "Depict" , "Give verbal portrait of" , "Outline" , "Draw (figure); give account of" .)