Pear (disambiguation)

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Pear may refer to:

• Pear, trees of the genus Pyrus and the fruit of that tree, edible in some species
• Avocado, a fruit that is referred to as "pear" in certain countries
• Pear-shaped, a colloquial term for when things go wrong

Pear or Pears may also refer to:

• Pears Cyclopaedia, a one-volume encylopædia published in the United Kingdom
• Pears (surname)
• Pear shape of the human female form
• Pear Tree House, a Civil defence control centre in London
• PearPC, an open-source PowerPC emulator
• Choke pear (torture) or Pear of Anguish, an implement of torture
• Pear (Užice), a village in the vicinity of Užice, Serbia
• Pears soap, an influential brand of soap.
• Worcestershire County Cricket Club, who have the traditional nickname of the 'Pears', based on their badge and the Worcestershire county emblem of a pear tree or three black pears
• a fiction verson of apple inc., used in icarley and other tv shows

PEAR may stand for:

• PHP Extension and Application Repository, a computer programming framework and distribution system for PHP code components
• Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab, a now disbanded program set up to study the interaction of human consciousness with physical devices, systems, and processes common to contemporary engineering practice
• Processing Engine ARchive, a standard format for packaging UIMA components

Pyrus may refer to

• Main//Pyrus DMS, a Document Management System

[edit] See also

• Choke pear (disambiguation)
• Piriform (pear-shaped)

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