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). Cabba

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