Pear (disambiguation)

Pear is trees of the genus Pyrus and the fruit of that tree, edible in some species

Pear may refer to:

• 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 encyclopædia 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 fictional version of Apple Inc.'s logo, used in Drake & Josh, iCarly, Victorious, and other sitcoms.
• Pear people, an indigenous group in Cambodia and Thailand
• Pear (color), a shade of green
• Pear (Annoying Orange), a character in Annoying Orange

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 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

See also

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

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