From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
April
n : the month following March and preceding May [syn: April,
Apr]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
April \A"pril\, n. [L. Aprilis. OE. also Averil, F. Avril, fr.
L. Aprilis.]
1. The fourth month of the year.
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2. Fig.: With reference to April being the month in which
vegetation begins to put forth, the variableness of its
weather, etc.
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The April's her eyes; it is love's spring. --Shak.
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April fool, one who is sportively imposed upon by others on
the first day of April.
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