Pear (disambiguation)

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

Pear may refer to:

• Guacamole, a fruit that is referred to as "pear" in certain countries
• Pear-shaped, a metaphorical term with several meanings, all in reference to the shape of a (European) pear, i.e. tapering towards the top

Pear or Pears may also refer to:

• Pear, West Virginia, a community in the United States
• Pears Cyclopaedia, a one-volume encyclopædia published in the United Kingdom
• Pears (surname)
• Pear, a human Female body shape
• 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, a 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
• Pear people, an indigenous group in Cambodia and Thailand
• Pear language, an endangered Mon-Khmer language of Cambodia
• Pear (color), a shade of green
• Pear (Annoying Orange), a character in Annoying Orange
• Pear (company), a sponsorship and fundraising company

PEAR may stand for:

• PHP Extension and Application Repository, a computer programming framework and distribution system for PHP code components
• polymerase-endonuclease amplification reaction
• Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab, a now disbanded program which attempted to study the paranormal
• Processing Engine ARchive, a standard format for packaging UIMA components
• Province de L'Eglise Anglicane au Rwanda, the French name for the Anglican Church of Rwanda

See also

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