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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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 ...

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 is one of nineteen townships in DeKalb County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 334 and it contained 137 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which ( ...

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 The Paw Paw River is located in the U.S. state of Michigan in the southwest portion of the lower peninsula. It is formed by the confluence of the north and south branches at in Waverly Township in the northeast of Van Buren County. It flows app ...

, 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 Paw Paw is a town in Morgan County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 410 at the 2020 census. The town is known for the nearby Paw Paw Tunnel. Paw Paw was incorporated by the Circuit Court of Morgan County on April 8, 1891, and ...

, in Morgan County *

Paw Paw Creek Paw Paw Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the Monongahela River in West Virginia. Course The headwaters of the creek begin in Mononga ...

, in Marion County and Monongalia County, West Virginia

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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 The Paw Paw Tunnel is a canal tunnel on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (C&O) in Allegany County, Maryland. Located near Paw Paw, West Virginia, it was built to bypass the Paw Paw Bends, a stretch of the Potomac River containing five horseshoe-sh ...

, in Maryland * "paw-paw French", a nickname of the

Missouri French Missouri French (french: français du Missouri) or Illinois Country French (french: français du Pays des Illinois) also known as , and nicknamed " Paw-Paw French" often by individuals outside the community but not exclusively, is a variety of ...

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