April's turned out to be springlike (6)
I believe the answer is:
spiral
'to be springlike' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'april's turned' is the wordplay.
'turned' indicates anagramming the letters.
'aprils' with letters rearranged gives 'SPIRAL'.
'out' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spiral that I've seen before include "Scandalise" , "Mushroom" , "design for some staircase" , "Like some staircases" , "In flight manoeuvre" .)