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Record 1 2017-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Educational Institutions
OBS

The Thompson Rivers University Faculty Association (TRUFA) is the sole bargaining agent for approximately 650 faculty members of Thompson Rivers University. [The TRUFA] members are spread over two main campuses, in Kamloops and Williams Lake, as well as a number of regional centres in 100 Mile House, Lillooet, Cache Creek, Ashcroft, Chase, Barriere, and Clearwater.

OBS

TRUFA is a member of the Kamloops and District Labour Council, the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of British Columbia, and is affiliated with the Canadian Association of University Teachers, the Canadian Labour Congress and the British Columbia Federation of Labour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Établissements d'enseignement

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fungi and Myxomycetes
  • Cooking and Gastronomy (General)
DEF

Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish colour.

CONT

The French truffle (Tuber melanosporum) and the English truffle (T. Aestivum) are much esteemed as articles of food.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Champignons et myxomycètes
  • Cuisine et gastronomie (Généralités)
DEF

Champignon souterrain de la famille des Tubéracées, dépendant d'une plante hôte le plus souvent les chênes mais aussi le noisetiers, les châtaigniers, les pins, etc., en forme de tubercule.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hongos y mixomicetos
  • Cocina y gastronomía (Generalidades)
DEF

Hongo subterráneo [de la familia Tuberaceae] que vive asociado a las raíces de ciertos árboles de hoja caduca, principalmente encinas, robles, castaños, y nogales, con los que establecen una simbiosis, denominado micorriza, que produce un beneficio mutuo, tanto para el hongo como para la planta.

OBS

Estos hongos son característicos por su color oscuro y forma similar a la de una patata pequeña. En Europa se han encontrado más de veinte especies diferentes del género Tuber. Solamente unas pocas son comestiblemente apreciadas.

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