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Is pine a tree? Cedar? Fir? Magnolias? How about cabbage?

• hammock 4y ago
  Conifers (pine, cedar, fir) are trees but neither dicot or monocot, so outside the scope of this question. Magnolias are trees and dicots (so expected). Cabbage is a dicot but not a tree - not all dicots are trees. Maybe you misinterpreted my parent comment as me suggesting all dicots were trees? I more wanted to illustrate the key difference between grasses (which are monocots) and most trees
• shagie 4y ago
  Cabbage is an interesting item in that list... I give you the Jersey cabbage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_cabbage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_cabbage > The Jersey cabbage (Brassica oleracea longata) is a variety of cabbage native to the Channel Islands that grows to a great height and was formerly commonly used there as livestock fodder and for making walking sticks. It is also known as Jersey kale or cow cabbage, and by a variety of local names including giant cabbage, long jacks, tree cabbage and the French chour and chou à vacque. > The 'Jersey cabbage' develops a long stalk, commonly reaching 6 to 10 feet (1.8 to 3.0 m) in height, and can grow as tall as 18 to 20 feet (5.5 to 6.1 m). ... https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/jersey-kale https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/jersey-kale
  • mcguire 4y ago
    Rosewood is similar, I believe.
• andreareina 4y ago
  I'd give even odds that brassica oleracea could be bred into a tree, yes.
  • shagie 4y ago
    Brassica oleracea longata