Flower seen in a spring month foolish to cut back (9)
I believe the answer is:
amaryllis
'flower' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a spring month foolish to cut back' is the wordplay.
'spring month' becomes 'mary' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'foolish' becomes 'silly' (similar in meaning).
'to cut' means to remove the last letter.
'back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'silly' with its final letter removed is 'sill'.
'sill' backwards is 'llis'.
'a'+'mary'+'llis'='AMARYLLIS'
'seen in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for amaryllis that I've seen before include "Lily-like plant" , "Bulb with showy flowers" , "Bulbous plant with trumpet-shaped flowers" , "Plant with showy flowers - I rally Sam (anag)" , "Sly alarm I turn on for the flower" .)