The Main Difference Between a Tulip Bulb and a Seed

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Let's start with the basic definition of an ordinary flower bulb. A tulip bulb is the bottom part of a tulip plant. Shoots grow upward and break through the surface of the soil and grow into the green plant that bears a tulip flower.

A bulb is a "storage organ." That core grows into next year's plant.

According to Wikipedia, a seed is a small embryonic plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some stored food. The seed coat is a hard case that protects the tiny plant inside. Seeds grow inside a flower or fruit. A seed can be harvested, cleaned, dried and planted to grow new flowers and plants.

You can find tulip seeds within the seed pod in tulip flowers. A tulip bulb is different from a seed because a bulb will produce a tulip plant and flower the very next year. Tulip bulbs are very large compared to most flower seeds. A tulip bulb is measured by its circumference. An average tulip bulb measures between 1.5 inches and 3 inches long.
Here's one more, significant difference between a tulip bulb and a seed. Seeds often grow at the furthest end of a plant, tree or flower. Bulbs do not.