Pear (disambiguation)

A pear is a tree of the genus Pyrus and the fruit of that tree, edible in some species

Pear or Pears may also refer to:

Places

• Pear (Užice), a village in the vicinity of Užice, Serbia
• Pear, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States

People

• Pears (surname)

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Pear (Annoying Orange), a character in Annoying Orange
• Channel PEAR, a cloud-based media hub for video files, MRSS feeds, and live IPTV streams
• Pears Cyclopaedia, a one-volume encyclopædia published in the United Kingdom

Brands and enterprises

• Pear (company), a sponsorship and fundraising company
• Pears soap, a brand of soap
• Worcestershire County Cricket Club, traditionally nicknamed the "Pears", based on their badge and the Worcestershire county emblem of a pear tree or three black pears

Colors and shapes

• Pear (color), a shade of green
• Pear-shaped, a metaphorical term with several meanings, all of which reference the shape of a (European) pear, i.e., tapering towards the top
  • • Pear, a human female body shape

Cultures

• Pear language, an endangered Mon-Khmer language of Cambodia
• Pear people, an indigenous group in Cambodia and Thailand

Science and technology

• pearOS, a Debian Linux Distro
• PearPC, an open-source PowerPC emulator
• PHP Extension and Application Repository, or PEAR, a computer programming framework and distribution system for PHP code components
• Polymerase-endonuclease amplification reaction, or PEAR
• Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab, or PEAR, a now disbanded program which attempted to study the paranormal
• Processing Engine ARchive, or PEAR, a standard format for packaging UIMA components

Other uses

• Choke pear (torture), or Pear of Anguish, an implement of torture
• Guacamole, a fruit that is referred to as "pear" in certain countries
• Pear Tree House, a Civil defence control centre in London
• Province de L'Eglise Anglicane au Rwanda, or PEAR, the French name for the Anglican Church of Rwanda

See also

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