Paw Paw, Paw paw, or pawpaw may refer to:

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Asimina ''Asimina'' is a genus of small trees or shrubs described as a genus in 1763. ''Asimina'' is the only temperate genus in the tropical and subtropical flowering plant family, Annonaceae. ''Asimina'' has large simple leaves and large fruit. It is ...

'', a genus of trees and shrubs native to eastern North America, commonly known as pawpaws ** Common pawpaw (''

Asimina triloba ''Asimina triloba'', the American papaw, pawpaw, paw paw, or paw-paw, among many regional names, is a small deciduous tree native to the eastern United States and Canada, producing a large, yellowish-green to brown fruit. ''Asimina'' is the onl ...

''), a temperate fruit tree, native to eastern North America *

Papaya The papaya (, ), papaw, () or pawpaw () is the plant species ''Carica papaya'', one of the 21 accepted species in the genus ''Carica'' of the family Caricaceae. It was first domesticated in Mesoamerica, within modern-day southern Mexico and ...

(''Carica papaya''), a widely cultivated tropical fruit tree * Mountain paw paw (''

Vasconcellea pubescens The mountain papaya (''Vasconcellea pubescens'') also known as mountain pawpaw, papayuelo, chamburo, or simply "papaya" is a species of the genus ''Vasconcellea'', native to the Andes of northwestern South America from Colombia south to centra ...

''), a fruit tree native to South America

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Paw Paw, Illinois Paw Paw is a village in Lee County in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the village was home to 830 people, down from 870 at the 2010 census. It was settled in the mid 19th century and by 1878 the village had a railroad connectio ...

* Paw Paw Township, DeKalb County, Illinois *

Paw Paw Township, Wabash County, Indiana Paw Paw Township is one of seven townships in Wabash County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,691 and it contained 683 housing units. History The Halderman-Van Buskirk Farmstead, Roann Covered Bridge, Roann His ...

Paw Paw, Indiana Paw Paw was a community in Richland Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History Paw Paw was plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. U ...

(Miami County) * Paw Paw Township, Elk County, Kansas *

Paw Paw, Kentucky Paw Paw is an unincorporated community located in Pike County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It bo ...

Paw Paw, Michigan Paw Paw is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,534 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Van Buren County. Overview The village is located at the confluence of the east and south branches of the Paw Paw River ...

Paw Paw Township, Michigan Paw Paw Township is a civil township of Van Buren County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 7,091 at the 2000 census. The village of Paw Paw is located in the northeast portion of the township. The east south and south branches o ...

* Paw Paw River, in Michigan *

Paw Paw, Missouri Paw Paw is a community in south central Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Missouri, which the GNIS classifies as a populated place. The community is located approximately one third mile north of Paw Paw Creek, approximately south-southeast o ...

Paw Paw, Marion County, West Virginia Paw Paw is an unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers ...

* Paw Paw, West Virginia, in Morgan County * Paw Paw Creek, in Marion County and Monongalia County, West Virginia *

List of lakes named Paw Paw Lake Paw Paw Lake or variants is the name of several lakes in the United States: The largest and best known Paw Paw Lake is Paw Paw Lake in Berrien County, Michigan. The settlements near the lake are: Paw Paw Lake, Michigan and Little Paw Paw Lake, Mic ...

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Paw Paw High School (disambiguation) Paw Paw High School may refer to: * Paw Paw High School (Illinois) * Paw Paw High School (Michigan) * Paw Paw High School (West Virginia) Paw Paw High School in Paw Paw, West Virginia serves grades 7 through 12 with approximately 100 students enr ...

Paw Paw Railroad The Paw Paw Railroad is a defunct railroad which operated in Van Buren County, Michigan, between 1857 and 1887. At a length of , it was the shortest operating common carrier railroad in the state. Later (from 1902 until January 15, 1982), the Lud ...

(Michigan), a defunct railroad which operated in Van Buren County, Michigan, between 1857 and 1887 * Paw Paw Tunnel, in Maryland * "paw-paw French", a nickname of the Missouri French

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