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'' have 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 southern Ontario, Canada, producing a large, yellowish-green to brown fruit. ''As ...

''), 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, and also the name of its fruit. It was first domesticated in Mesoamerica, within ...

(''Carica papaya''), a widely cultivated tropical fruit tree * Mountain paw paw ('' Vasconcellea pubescens''), a fruit tree native to South America

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;In the United States * List of lakes named Paw Paw Lake *

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 connecti ...

* 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 2020 census, its population was 1,542 (down from 1,691 at 2010) and it contained 670 housing units. History The Halderman-Van Buskirk Farmstead, Roan ...

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

Paw Paw, Michigan Paw Paw is a village in and the county seat of Van Buren County, Michigan. The population was 3,362 as of the 2020 census. Overview The village is located at the confluence of the east and south branches of the Paw Paw River in the northeast ...

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 6,881 at the 2020 census. The village of Paw Paw is located in the northeast portion of the township. The east south and south branches ...

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, Van Buren County, Michigan, Waverly Township in th ...

, 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 ...

Paw Paw, Marion County, West Virginia Paw Paw is an unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The ...

Paw Paw, West Virginia Paw Paw is a town in Morgan County, West Virginia, Morgan County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 410 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The town is known for the nearby Paw Paw Tunnel. Paw Paw was incorporated by t ...

, 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 Monong ...

, 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) {{Schooldis ...

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 Lu ...

(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 Oldtown, Maryland, 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 contain ...

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

Missouri French Missouri French () or Illinois Country French () also known as , and nicknamed " Paw-Paw French" often by individuals outside the community but not exclusively, is a variety of the French language spoken in the upper Mississippi River Valley in ...

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