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:
Arts, entertainment, and media
edit- Pear (Annoying Orange), a character in Annoying Orange
- Pears' Cyclopaedia, a one-volume encyclopædia published in the United Kingdom
Brands and enterprises
edit- Pear (company), a sponsorship and fundraising company
- Pears (soap), a British brand of soap
- Worcestershire County Cricket Club, traditionally nicknamed the "Pears", based on their badge of a pear tree or three black pears
Colors and shapes
edit- Pear (color), a shade of green
- Pear, a human female body shape
Cultures
edit- Pear language, an endangered Mon-Khmer language of Cambodia
- Pear people, an indigenous group in Cambodia and Thailand
Food & Taxonomy
edit- Prickly pear (disambiguation)
- Pyrus (disambiguation)
- Avocado, a fruit that is referred to as "pear" in certain countries
Places
edit- Pear (Užice), a village in the vicinity of Užice, Serbia
- Pear, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States
Science and technology
edit- PearPC, an open-source PowerPC emulator
- PHP Extension and Application Repository (PEAR), a computer programming framework and distribution system for PHP code components
- Polymerase-endonuclease amplification reaction (PEAR)
- Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab (PEAR), a now disbanded program which attempted to study the paranormal
Other uses
edit- Pears (surname)
- Pear Tree House, a civil defence control centre in London
- Choke pear (torture), or Pear of Anguish, an implement of torture
- Province de L'Eglise Anglicane au Rwanda (PEAR), the French name for the Anglican Church of Rwanda
