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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

• Pear (Annoying Orange), a character in Annoying Orange
• Pears' Cyclopaedia, a one-volume encyclopædia published in the United Kingdom

Brands and enterprises

• 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

• Pear (color), a shade of green
• 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

Food & Taxonomy

• Prickly pear (disambiguation)
  • Opuntia ficus-indica
• Pyrus (disambiguation)
• Avocado, a fruit that is referred to as "alligator pear" in certain countries
• Vegetable pear, a fruit mostly called chayote

Places

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

Science and technology

• 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

• 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

See also

• Choke pear (disambiguation)
• Pear-shaped (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Pear

• Disambiguation pages