fusti

Fusti is the plural form of the Italian noun fusto and is used across several related senses. In everyday and technical Italian, fusto describes a large container for storing or transporting liquids, such as a barrel, cask, or drum. This sense is common in contexts like wine, oil, or chemical industries, for example un fusto di vino or un fusto di olio.

In botany, fusto refers to the main body of a plant above ground—the trunk or stem and, more broadly, the axis that supports the plant. The plural fusti is used when discussing multiple plants or multiple stems.

In architecture, fusto denotes the shaft or main body of a column or similar vertical element, distinguishing it from its capital and base.

Etymology and usage notes: The term fusto is Italian, with cognates in other Romance languages; the plural form fusti is used for containers as well as plant and architectural elements. The word is masculine, and its plural takes the ending -i. While widely used in Italian, the term is not typically employed outside Italian-language texts except in discussions of terminology or when describing Italian contexts.